That means a curtailment of personal liberties, possibly a draft, military action in one or more points on the globe, that my 7 year old son might one day have to fight in the war – and die, that countries would become more isolationist, that it would be impossible to take that trip around the world I’ve always dreamed of because so many countries and cultures would deny VISAs, and that religion would become more important in determining/defining each person and culture.

It also meant that speaking outloud criticisms of our country could become dangerous; and not rocking the boat would become a survival skill.

Wish I had been less on the mark.