I told somebody back in 2016 it would be about 30 years before we unfucked this fever, because that's about the historical length of time that fascist fever runs. Sorry! This knowledge is a curse!
At that point the thing with Bush was gonna be Ashcroft and cracking down on porn and other culture issue bullshit.
We were riding high on Clinton era economic gains and one of the tech bubbles, and Bush promised everyone $300.
It wasn’t till 9/11 that we started getting USA PATRIOT bullshit.