Covid, capitalism, etc; WWII
Towards the end of Covid being an official emergency (whether it still is or not) I read this article suggesting that Japan didn’t surrender due to the atomic bombs, but that they were worried about a Soviet land grab and the bombs offered a diplomatic out. Part of what the authors cited was; Japan’s leaders considered Hiroshima a further escalation in the bombing campaign, losses were high and getting higher - but Japanese citizens would learn to accept that loss.
Covid, capitalism, etc; WWII
I think of this a lot as regards Covid, xmass shootings, inflation etc. Someone has decided that we’ll just get used to it.