The Fear of the State

The anthrax attacks, which are still a big giant mystery after all these years, those felt a little bit like middle American fear because it suddenly seemed like the state didn't have control over things at all. After that, there was a weird contained vengefulness or a channeled vengefulness. The people who mattered channeled the rage in the direction they wanted, which was Iraq and Afghanistan and the defense budget. There were other manifestations like a bunch of Sikhs got beat up because idiots thought Muslims wear turbans Because I don't know, they read little orphan anti-comics or something. What was approved was, yeah, very greatest generation militarized vengefulness, purpose