I see your point, but it would have to be something massive and sustained long term. 9-11 was on home turf, and it didn’t exactly persuade Americans to chill out and do much internal reflection. Quite the opposite.
The British empire probably experienced the same sort of thing, everything happened somewhere else. When it turned up in France and the beaches of Normandy, shit gets a bit more real.
I see your point, but it would have to be something massive and sustained long term. 9-11 was on home turf, and it didn’t exactly persuade Americans to chill out and do much internal reflection. Quite the opposite.
The British empire probably experienced the same sort of thing, everything happened somewhere else. When it turned up in France and the beaches of Normandy, shit gets a bit more real.