Manufacturing the 9/11 Generation: Patriotism, Propaganda, and the Lies We Were Told

In this explosive episode of The Disinfo Detox, host NolanHigdon sits down with historian and author Matthew Warshauer, whosegroundbreaking analysis of post-9/11 America reveals how a national tragedy wasweaponized to engineer an entire generation — and how we ultimately failedthem.

Together, we unpack Warshauer’s contention that theso-called “9/11 Generation” wasn’t born organically from the trauma ofthat day, but was constructed through political propaganda, militarizedpatriotism, and state-sanctioned narratives. From high school hallways toHollywood blockbusters, Warshauer traces how young Americans were groomed toaccept endless war, mass surveillance, and a foreign policy of perpetualretaliation as normal — even heroic.

Warshauer also confronts what the corporate press stillrefuses to confront:
the Saudi government’s involvement in 9/11, the intelligence failuresthat weren’t failures at all, and the bipartisan effort to conceal the truthfrom the public. He explains how the U.S. government lied about what happened,why it happened, and who benefited — and how those lies redirected the nationtoward Iraq, Afghanistan, and two decades of geopolitical chaos.

We examine the enduring consequences: a generation raised onfear and patriotism, deployed in conflicts without victory, and abandoned whenthey came home. The result is not just foreign policy failure — it is acivic, cultural, and moral failure that reshaped the fabric of Americandemocracy.

If you value fearless historical analysis, critical medialiteracy, and conversations that expose how power weaponizes national trauma, thisis an episode you cannot afford to miss.

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