9/11 as the 'Great‑Unraveling' Inflection

The piece advances the claim that the September 11, 2001 attacks were not just a tragic one‑day event but the decisive turning point that set the United States and global order on a path of gradual unraveling — institutional dysfunction, foreign‑policy overreach, and cultural fracturing — visible by 2026. It presents 9/11 as a narrative hinge that redirected political priorities and legitimated enduring security, surveillance, and militarized policy choices. — Framing 9/11 as the start of a multi‑decade unraveling reframes debates over accountability, foreign policy, national security, and democratic resilience by turning memory of the attacks into a causal explanation for later institutional decline.