re: Rank these events in terms of historical significance

Great Depression
2020
pearl harbor
9/11
great recession
katrina
JFK

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Pearl Harbor got the US involved in WWII

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We were going to war against Japan and Germany within the next year or so either way. PH is obviously incredibly significant for the American psyche, but we were going to war anyways. It just made our choice easier.

9/11 is orders of magnitude more historically impactful. The endless wars and conflicts in the middle east, combined with the surveillance states that have cropped up across the west. The sheer partisanship it has sprung in the United States in the aftermath. Far more impactful than PH. We're still dealing with its effects 20 years later.

As a comparison, by 1961, Japan had a western constitution, listened to American music, and was importing blue jeans by the boat load

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some virus with a 99.8% survival rate ?

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A virus with a death toll of over 1.3 million worldwide and counting, responsible for a World GDP loss of over 12 trillion, and greatly restricted/altered life in our country and most others for over a year. COVID is certainly more than "some virus" regardless of what aisle you stand on politically.

Pearl Harbor attack --> WWII

Great Depression

COVID-19 because of the economic impact and millions upon millions losing everything without warning, overnight

9/11

JFK assassination

Great Recession of 2008

Hurricane Katrina

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Pearl Harbor got the US involved in WWII. I don't know if I'd list it as tier 2 and 9/11 as tier 1. It was tragic that thousands of Americans lost their lives but not as historically significant imo.

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Pearl Harbor started a war with Japan, two of these ended it. Historically significant?

Tier 1
Great Depression - Was a massive domino of events following this.
Pearl Harbor - Not debatable. The use of the Atomic Bomb alone makes this top of the list.
JFK Assassination It's this or 9/11. I think we are in the same spot if 9/11 doesn't happen honestly. If JFK never happened, I have no idea where we'd be. That revolves completely around who wanted him removed.

Tier 2
9/11 - It seems to have just been an extension of Middle East Policy that just accelerated some actions we probably would have taken anyway.
China Flu - Could be higher on the list, here is where it is now.
Great Recession - Didn't really change anything, honestly.

Tier 3
Katrina - Eh, what? Not in the realm of any of the above.

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some virus with a 99.8% survival rate

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You can spout your little PT talking points all you want but denying the impact this pandemic has had on the world is asnine. And who knows the long term effects that the pandmeic will have on the world going into the future.

9/11
COVID
Pearl Harbor, even if we were getting involved soon enough anyway, but that keeps it down to 3.

Big gap.

Great Depression

Big gap.

JFK
2008 Recession
Katrina

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You can spout your little PT talking points all you want but denying the impact this pandemic has had on the world is asnine. And who knows the long term effects that the pandmeic will have on the world going into the future.

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frick you

The primary effect has been to show how herdable the country is.

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I understand that the rankings will be all over the place but Covid is only such a big deal because global governments have made it one. It isn't close to some of these.

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It’s not the question of whether you think the reaction to the virus is warranted or not. The effects of this will be seen for years in the economy, governmental policies, and public mindsets all around the world.