07-27-2020, 03:21 AM
(07-26-2020, 05:19 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(07-26-2020, 04:55 PM)Ghost Wrote: I think even events like the Oklahoma City bombing (1995) and the Columbine school shooting (1999) were catalysts (from a domestic POV) to this 4T, as they both arguably made children more sheltered, led to tighter security, and made people more aware of domestic terrorism.
No argument from me. If you are making a list, you might add Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
COVID-19 will cause more disruption in personal lives. Figure that long-term closures of schools for K-12 students are without precedent before 2020... but they have happened. This will likely divide the Millennial generation from the one that follows them.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.