Among other things such as the us expansion into the pacific and the oil embargo. But holy shit, love learning about history not taught in schools, very eye opening.

  • ElGosso [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    This wasn't Japan trying to do the right thing - I mean they were literally hiring Americans to set up the same kind of schools to assimilate the Ainu that they had run for Native Americans at the exact same time - it was them trying to score points on the diplomatic stage to integrate themselves with the more powerful West.

    Do you really think a country that was actually serious about racial equality would join a war on the side of the Nazis 20 years later? Come on