ABSTRACT
Columbine was barely in the rear view mirror before the millennial Y2K scare stirred up anxiety. 9/11 followed a year later, causing shock and panic that triggered even greater anxiety in the country. The traumatic reactions to 9/11 that followed altered both laws and attitudes in the US and put the country on an emotional high alert for years. Complexes tend to constellate other people's complexes. In cultures they can create a stagnating polarization of tensions. The collective anxiety complex in the US appears to be unconsciously colluding with complexed aspects of the movement referred to here as radical Jihadism. On October 26, 2001, the US Congress voted to authorize the US Patriot Act, which was designed to make intelligence gathering within the US easier, create more control over international finances, and broaden the discretion of law enforcement and immigration officials to detain and deport suspected terrorists indefinitely.
