It basically ruined the USA over the last 25 years, with the government response reducing freedom and privacy, doing all the endless wars, and the public response of people turning into fear-controlled cattle.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/podcasts/the-daily/9-11-anniversary-mamdani-ground-zero.html

25 years later and we’re also finally learning that Republicans and moderate Democrats lied to New Yorkers about the air quality post attack, covered it up, and now thousands are dying from cancer most likely due to this with clusters happening all over the place.

Reagan set the stage for corporate oligarchy and 9/11 gave the Bush administration the excuse to greatly increase military and surveillance.

CNN put that news ticker on and never turned it off and everything has sucked since then.

Nah, it exposed America for what it truly is.

Bloodthirsty bigots.