The last remnants of what was good and decent about this once great western white country ended on 09/11/2001 IMHO. Yes, it was on life support before that, but it was still worth fighting for, and I still felt there was a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. 09/11, and the reaction that most of the country had towards it and their general acceptance of the official narrative without any real pushback let me know we’re done, and it’s going to get bad fast from here. I wasn’t wrong. The release of the iPhone, and smartphones, in general, back in 2007 helped accelerate the decline from there.