Swept up by relentless flood of mingled Authoritarianism & Capitalism. Australia with both feet in the quagmire.
From American Rage
Over the past year, public meetings have become scenes of chaos. Debates about the results of the 2020 election, race, abortion, voting access, and the COVID-19 vaccine have erupted in displays of frustration, rage, and sometimes in violence. This week, Evan Osnos, a New Yorker staff writer, published “Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury.” It’s a portrait of a country in political and moral crisis. Osnos joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the roots of American fear and anger, and what the current manifestations of such emotions reveal about dangerous fault lines in the U.S.
US admits deadly Kabul blast killing multiple civilians, 7 children ‘was a tragic mistake’
So much for “smart” weaponry.
From Morrison, the third amigo, speaks loudly to Xi
The three nations promised to “strengthening our joint capabilities and interoperability in a number of key areas: cyber, AI, quantum technologies, additional underseas capabilities” as well as deepen the integration of security and defence-related science, technology, industrial bases and supply chains. Among other elements, the government confirmed plans to acquire a range of strike weaponry including missiles to hold sea, air and land targets at risk and a national enterprise to manufacture missiles in Australia.
From Does America Hate the “Poorly Educated”?
The eternal squeamishness Americans feel about class will prevent this topic from getting the attention it deserves, but the insane witches’ brew of rage, mendacity, and mutual mistrust Sandel describes at the heart of American culture is no longer a back-burner problem. Tension over who deserves what part of society’s rewards, and whether higher education is a token of genuine accomplishment or an exclusive social rite, has become real hatred in short order. In the pandemic age, Americans on either side of the educational divide have moved past rooting for each other to fail. They’re all but rooting for each other to die now, and that isn’t a sentiment either side is likely to forget.
From The Delta Mist: Why are we choosing ignorance about our pandemic?
Without free and accessible tests, we do not have easy access to one of the basic tools of prevention, which is knowledge. I like knowing. Knowing enables caring.
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