9/11 twenty-five years later
Liberal democracy is less prepared to absorb shocks and even less so to overcome them. We feel more threatened than in 2001 because we are less united and are repeating mistakes that we have not forgotten and from which we have not learned.
It has been 25 years since the 9/11 attacks, in which nearly 3,000 people were killed after al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial planes, crashing two into the World Trade Center in New York, one into the Pentagon, and one in rural Pennsylvania. The author of the article reflects that despite the passing of time, the liberal democracy is less prepared to face threats and overcome them.
The world is experiencing increased insecurity, with more governments becoming totalitarian and rejecting principles such as freedom, plurality of opinions, and the rule of law. The article notes that the liberal democracy is in retreat, with the transatlantic pact and the bipartisan system in Europe fracturing.
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