For me personally, this is a pivot that changed my perspective of the world 180 degrees.

But it's weird. It's like one of those "magic eye" pictures, which is invisible until you learn the physical trick of refocusing your eyes in an unaccustomed way. Then, once seen, there is zero question it is there. Unfortunately, a lot of people seem unable to see this clearly manifest evil even when directly in front of us, right out in plain daylight. Like in the pictures, if you don't use the certain focus of your vision, you don't see what is there. I am talking specifically about the collapse of the three towers. Demolition dynamics cannot be reproduced using simple gravity forcing and a traumatic localized break high in a steel-framed tower. I never cease to be amazed that people do not see this. Blow a very large firework in ~3/4 of the way up a tall tree. How is that tree going to fall? These buildings very much did not do that.

The other piece that saddens me is the passage of time. Because these events are now 20 years ago, the younger generation is no longer emotionally invested in them. Unfortunately, unless this generation recognizes the evil represented in what had to have actually happened that day, they can not see the depth of evil that has overwhelmed our current institutions. The "opposite" sides of our current politics cease to exist when we realize the level of cooperation required for the events of 9/11.

How to convince people that anyone who wants to possess "the ring" of centralized government power is by definition promoting evil, no matter which "side" they are on? I'm no closer to seeing an effective strategy for this than I was when I first realized the above.