America is a democracy, and the foundation of a democracy is the people. The people’s voice and thoughts in government is what makes this country unique. Our allowance of populism is such an important part of our democracy. Populism could have been destroyed after September 11th, and the government could have taken complete control over our nation to protect it, but what makes this decade spectacular and makes this government great is that didn’t happen. The people’s thoughts were taken even more into consideration after the bombing and into the beginning of the millennium. After the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, citizens didn’t feel safe in the nation, a nation under attack by terrorists (Attacks). America cried out for the
