My vote goes to the Phillipines, they have a government sanctioned 'you can kill any drug user with impunity' law and are currently waging active war against communists inside there own borders.
they have a government sanctioned ‘you can kill any drug user with impunity’ law
If nothing else, I can understand why the government and society moved in this (entirely incorrect) direction. There are also plenty of countries waging active war against domestic communists as well.. India and Peru come to mind for starters. If anything, while Duterte was a seriously mixed bag, at least he seemed willing to chart a different course for the country outside of being the US' lackey.
Unless we're including west Asia- in which case the obvious answer is Israel- I think it's the Philippines though, agreed. Between Spanish, and then even worse (and certainly more mentally corrupting in the Philippines' case) American imperialism, perhaps they didn't stand a chance. The mental colonization seems to be the worst in all of Asia, and that they brought their former US-backed dictator's son into power is a perfect example of it. It's not like Marcos can be considered to have done anything for his country even- I can understand, if not at all agree with Japanese ultranationalism for instance- but all that family stands for is throwing the country into tens of billions of dollars of debt, all sorts of atrocities and deprivation while being the US' lackey, and fleeing with billions to Hawaii.
I get along well with Filipinos, but the culture and prevailing mentality seems to be so colonized, it would make Japanese, south (occupied) Koreans, and even many rogue Taiwanese blush.
I can understand, if not at all agree with Japanese ultranationalism
By what measure, as I should repeat, there's a difference between national liberation and ultra-nationalism... one is for sovereignty and unity and one is for hierarchy and otherization, if not expansion.. (left and right nationalism)
And it seems Japan heads for the latter more further to the right...
My vote goes to the Phillipines, they have a government sanctioned 'you can kill any drug user with impunity' law and are currently waging active war against communists inside there own borders.
If nothing else, I can understand why the government and society moved in this (entirely incorrect) direction. There are also plenty of countries waging active war against domestic communists as well.. India and Peru come to mind for starters. If anything, while Duterte was a seriously mixed bag, at least he seemed willing to chart a different course for the country outside of being the US' lackey.
Unless we're including west Asia- in which case the obvious answer is Israel- I think it's the Philippines though, agreed. Between Spanish, and then even worse (and certainly more mentally corrupting in the Philippines' case) American imperialism, perhaps they didn't stand a chance. The mental colonization seems to be the worst in all of Asia, and that they brought their former US-backed dictator's son into power is a perfect example of it. It's not like Marcos can be considered to have done anything for his country even- I can understand, if not at all agree with Japanese ultranationalism for instance- but all that family stands for is throwing the country into tens of billions of dollars of debt, all sorts of atrocities and deprivation while being the US' lackey, and fleeing with billions to Hawaii.
I get along well with Filipinos, but the culture and prevailing mentality seems to be so colonized, it would make Japanese, south (occupied) Koreans, and even many rogue Taiwanese blush.
By what measure, as I should repeat, there's a difference between national liberation and ultra-nationalism... one is for sovereignty and unity and one is for hierarchy and otherization, if not expansion.. (left and right nationalism)
And it seems Japan heads for the latter more further to the right...
To augment your comment, comrade,
Luna Oi has a great video (link below) explaining the difference between right wing and left wing nationalism.
https://youtu.be/CkbSYIyzmF0?si=J-Ceq-pWB7LQvNRI
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
This isn’t nearly as extreme but I also heard that they are feuding with China right now about sea jurisdiction, or something like that.