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Re:Microsoft exec: “Summary of meeting with Steve Jobs" by lkramer on Thursday July 15, 2021 @05:56AM (#27843024)
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.

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Re:Microsoft exec: “Summary of meeting with Steve Jobs" by dnh44 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:41AM (#27843292)
>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...

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