Yeah, 9-11 was the beginning when I think about it.

Used to be you had a few, mostly paranoid conspiracy theory types, that even conservatives kind of looked down on and felt sympathy for them being mentally unwell.

It has morphed into this crazy fascist religious cultural identity shit that we have now. Fucking pod people. Sucks.

This shit is normal now and crazy conspiracy theory mentally unwell people are a big chunk of the population.

The really crazy thing is that Osama basically won. Him, 9-11, and the far right like Limbaugh infected the national psyche with something that may be terminal.