Aussie reporter caught in crossfire of violent protests
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A police officer was seen aiming his gun and firing at 9News' Lauren Tomasi as she reported from the front...

I wish so badly I could edit the title to more accurately reflect what happened. “Police shoot reporter in the back.”

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    The US had a period of “greatness” shortly after WWII.

    Why was the US “great” in the 1950s and 1960s?

    1. The labour protections from the New Deal hadn’t yet been repealed, so more wealth was shared with ordinary people (as long as they were white).
    2. The US was the only major country to escape WWII without massive damage to its infrastructure. So, while other countries were focusing on rebuilding cities flattened by war, the US economy just shifted from producing war goods to producing consumer goods.
    3. A lot of the world’s best and brightest fled to the US as a safe place to escape the war. These immigrants were essential to the US economy after the war.

    So yeah, people’s grandpas were able to buy a house and support a family working a menial job for a brief period after WWII. But, that’s not because of some fundamental characteristic about the US that makes it better. It’s mostly because the US was fortunate enough to be on the opposite side of the planet from one of the most destructive wars in history.