For me, It all started with the twin towers. I was in university for civil engineering. And had been studying building collapses for two years at that point. Even though I was still in Cuba it was such a shock, the State started TV broadcasting since before the impact on the second tower. I was glued to the TV the whole day.
Watching the towers as they fell was a tremendous shock. As they were obviously demolished. By 5:20 pm when WTC 7 fell down the horrifying reality was starting to dawn on me. It was all a farce. A murderous one at that.
Soon after that I came to the USA and found the declassified reports from the Golf of Tonkin that served as the false casus belli to start the Vietnam war. I understood then that the government of the USA and the military have been lying to the people since at least WW2.
From there on, I am sure our journeys have not being too dissimilar. Although for my part it has been quite the shock since what the USA was supposed to be (a beacon of freedom) and what it actually was, did not match.
But I still believe in the American dream as the way things should be. The land of the free and home of the brave. Even if it is just a ghost... this world will truly be hell with the USA as it was intended to by the founding fathers.
For me, It all started with the twin towers. I was in university for civil engineering. And had been studying building collapses for two years at that point. Even though I was still in Cuba it was such a shock, the State started TV broadcasting since before the impact on the second tower. I was glued to the TV the whole day.
Watching the towers as they fell was a tremendous shock. As they were obviously demolished. By 5:20 pm when WTC 7 fell down the horrifying reality was starting to dawn on me. It was all a farce. A murderous one at that.
Soon after that I came to the USA and found the declassified reports from the Golf of Tonkin that served as the false casus belli to start the Vietnam war. I understood then that the government of the USA and the military have been lying to the people since at least WW2.
From there on, I am sure our journeys have not being too dissimilar. Although for my part it has been quite the shock since what the USA was supposed to be (a beacon of freedom) and what it actually was, did not match.
But I still believe in the American dream as the way things should be. The land of the free and home of the brave. Even if it is just a ghost... this world will truly be hell with the USA as it was intended to by the founding fathers.