On this day in 1970, a spontaneous uprising against U.S. military occupation broke out in Koza, Okinawa, Japan after an American drunk driver struck a local pedestrian. Approximately 60 Americans and 27 Okinawans were injured, and dozens of cars with American license plates were torched.
Following Japan’s defeat in World War II, the country was occupied by Allied forces and governed under martial law. While most of Japan regained its independence in April 1952, the Okinawa Prefecture was to remain under U.S. military occupation for another twenty years.
Prior to the events of December 20th, three Americans had been acquitted via court martial after striking and killing an Okinawa civilian. This incident fueled the growing discontent of Okinawans with the standard status of forces that exempted U.S. servicemen from Okinawan justice.
On December 20th, 1970, a drunk U.S. serviceman struck an Okinawan pedestrian in the city of Koza. A crowd quickly surrounded the car and the policemen who had arrived, demanding that this incident not also be swept under the rug.
When American MPs arrived and attempted to pull the driver away, the protest turned violent, with thousands gathering to try to prevent the driver from leaving. By the end of the night, dozens of cars with American license plates had been torched and approximately 60 Americans and 27 Okinawans had been injured.
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Honest question for everyone. Is the economy actually doing good under Biden? I assume it isn’t because everything is just horse shit and what not, but every liberal i see on the internet is just trying to convince everyone that its doing good
If we remember that “the economy” means “rich people’s yacht money” then yeah it’s doing great. If you need to buy food or pay rent or any of that boring poor people shit, not so good.
Yes, if you are part of the top 5-10% and white.
Biden’s policies are specifically targeted to enrich affluent white upper middle class households and let the rest of the demographics take on the burden:
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Wealth of white families has grown exponentially under Biden while the growth of wealth among black and Hispanic families has stagnated.
By traditional metrics like GDP growth and unemployment, yes. By whether the average person can afford a home and groceries, no.
the economy is doing good if i can afford housing and food. whatever those people are talking about is entirely fictional, and probably has a lot to do with the clever use of spreadsheets and the money printer. ‘the economy’ is a phrase they use that seems to describe the velocity of my continued impoverishment by a few individuals. right now it’s fast.
The GDP is growing great!
Since I don’t think biden has any policies that are diffrent than trumps I don’t think we can really say it is under him in a meaningful way. I know a recession is hitting
The stock market is at a record high, but that does little for the bottom 70%.