Second this.

The US objectively had the best deal post WWII. Other than Pearl Harbor, there were no bombings so our infrastructure was back in place. The war was a boon for the economy (but for once it was based since the enemy was the west), we got the economic miracle like many other countries. Noncompete has a video on it that does a good job explaining this leagues better than I can

Now thanks to capitalism becoming a religion rather than a flawed economic system where any smart capitalist would at least try to find a synthesis or side with the workers upon every contradicion, we’ve clawed our way back to “normal” in great depression/1930s times. However, the red scare has done its damage and with fascism being seen as the ‘perfect’ ideology by the lumpens. we’re going to hit the cool zone.