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If you could erase one event from human history, what would it be and why? (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 days ago by Luizamarns@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

The US Empire grew to imperial dominance post-WWII. It was seen as a good ally only to the west. 9/11 was the excuse, not the cause of the empire's genocide in Iraq and subsequent plunder, and the recession wasn't caused by 9/11 either, but was a natural element of capitalism's regular boom/bust cycle.

With or without 9/11, the US Empire would still be a gradually dying empire hated by the world.