Re:Microsoft exec: “Summary of meeting with Steve Jobs"
by jsbdk on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:08AM
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You mean for the US maybe. In Europe I don't think people cared that much.
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Re:Microsoft exec: “Summary of meeting with Steve Jobs"
by lkramer on Thursday July 15, 2021 @05:56AM
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It might not have had the psychological impact that it did in the US, but the world became a drastically different place afterwards with the "war" on terrorism.
In my mind there was weird post Soviet innocence in the 90s where the West felt invincible and many believe Western style democracy would take over the world within decades. 9/11 was a rude awakening, and we have been living in its shadow for the last 20 years.
Re:Microsoft exec: “Summary of meeting with Steve Jobs"
by dnh44 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:41AM
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>In my mind there was weird post Soviet innocence in the 90s where the West felt invincible and many believe Western style democracy would take over the world within decades.
This viewpoint was well described (and I think influenced) by Fukuyama's book "The End of History and the Last Man"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Las...
Re:Microsoft exec: “Summary of meeting with Steve Jobs"
by hyperman1 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:21PM
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People here in Europe cared a lot. Not really for the terrorist attacks, except in an 'it happens over there too now' kind of sense.
No, general reaction was: The biggest military/nuclear power in the world is going to be very pissed, lets hope the results don't end up here.
And it did end up here. The US lost all moral high ground. All kinds of nasty military and spy industries smelled an opening, making the world a worse place.