Wednesday, Dec. 7th is Pearl Harbor Day, a day that looks to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese military in 1941.
Of course, no one ever calls it America Gets Out of Economic Collapse Day, even though 2,390 deaths, 1,178 injuries, 21 sunken ships, and 323 planes destroyed seemed to have done the trick.
What this day really stands for is the day that got America in WWII, catapulting itself to world power that it is today. Aside from ridding the world of Fascism, corporations where formed, fortunes where made, and the restructuring of the worldwide balance of power was completed, paving way for the Cold War, the “most peaceful time in world history”.
While many Americans will take some time to reflect on the significance of this day, I would hope that we realize that this day also represents a day in which capitalism was to take one if its greatest leaps forward. The decision to attack Japan or its allies was not just one out of revenge, but out of politics and economics.
While capitalism continues to be the social system in which we live, politics and economics (and even a little revenge) will be the only basis for which decisions are made for us.
TC
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