Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time
by HWR_14 on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:47PM
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It's a little disingenuous to use 20 years of history to say it's a more significant event and then using the follow on results. In another 18.5 years, people could be talking about how the pandemic triggered the second US Civil War, or led to a complete reimagination of US race relations, or ushered in a communist takeover or something.
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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time
by mannanj on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:54PM
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How are you supposed to figure out if an event is significant or not without looking at its historical significance on the years to come?
Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time
by Sebb767 on Saturday September 11, 2021 @03:06PM
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I think this was exactly the point, you can't say one event was large due to the aftershock if the second event isn't even over (and therefore has its history yet to be written).
Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time
by HWR_14 on Saturday September 11, 2021 @07:18PM
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If you want to compare the relative historical significance of two events, you should probably limit yourself to the same timeframe. Look at how little had changed in the first 1.7 years after 9/11 and compare it to how much has changed in the pandemic.