Bye war crime denier. Hello probably worse war crime denier. I like know shit about Japan's politics other than their Communist party are soc dems (wouldn't be able to exist otherwise) and the largest non ruling Communist party in East Asia, and Liberal Democrats are shit but always remain in power.

  • HarryLime [any]
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    4 years ago

    Communist party are soc dems (wouldn’t be able to exist otherwise)

    They're a bit better than soc dems, but they're not revolutionary.

    • coolzone [he/him]
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      tbh no communist party in the world with parliament representation but not in power is. They are all deeply entrenched in bourgeoise politics already.

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        From what I understand, kinda were flawed from the start back in the 20's as they were very much like the SPD. They basically had to renounce revolution to exist. Should still be more radical tho.

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      I follow them on twitter. The seem like they would be like Corbyn labour without the blairites. They are very much stand with HK tho, which sucks, but I'm assuming Japan fucking hates Chinese so who knows. Also Google translate sucks.

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    :crab: :crab-party: :crab: :crab-party: :crab: :crab-party: :crab: :crab-party: :crab: :crab-party: :crab:

    • lvysaur [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Tuckers and Karens for the last 2 years: Kim is definitely DONE FOR
      Reality: Shinzo steps down

      Tuckers and Karens for the last 6 months: the gorges dam is LITERALLY FAILING
      Reality: ....any takers? Maybe the twin hurricane shitshow is the US version of a dam failing?

  • summerbl1nd [none/use name]
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    the devil of showa, dictator of manchukuo and all-around bastard nobusuke kishi, was a class a war criminal that was pardoned by the US after they found him to be a great fit for the position of comprador supreme of post WW2 japan. his dynasty continues today most notably in the form of his grandson-in-law shinzo fucking abe. fuck this guy and his whole fucked in the head family, make japan great again.

  • krothotkin [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Hopefully the next guy won’t pray at shrines dedicated to rapists, but who am I kidding, he will and Japanese chuds will love him for it

    • TalismanG1 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Its likely that Aso Taro is going to be the next PM until an election, and just from looking at his wikipedia I don't think he's gonna be any better

      In May 2018, Asō downplayed alleged sexual harassment charges against his ministry's top bureaucrat by saying that "there is no such thing as a sexual harassment charge."[43] When asked to comment on a formal complaint submitted to his ministry on the alleged sexual harassment, Asō remarked that his "only thought was that it would have been easier to read if they used a bigger font."[44]

      • krothotkin [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        God dammit Japan

        So imperialist they're practically honorary Europeans

  • artangels [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    i dont know much about his economic policies (tho im just gonna assume based off of what i know its neoliberalism and austerity?) everything else i knew about him, he was a little shit so

    • Themfor [any]
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      4 years ago

      Somewhat ironically the DPJ was way more into austerity when they took power. Abe's tenure has generally been about mild tax increases and continued big spending. He is (relatively) big on deregulation.

  • notthenameiwant [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Ulcerative colitis is the reason he's stepping down according to /r/worldnews.

    • AngusMcAnus [he/him]
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      Ulcerative colitis

      my man shidding hard, literally AND figuratively

  • Themfor [any]
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    The future definitely will be interesting. I think the next guy will probably be more conservative, but I doubt he will have Abe's skill for holding the party together. Of course he'll probably have an easier job than Edano and the Constitutional Democrats will have reintegrating their erstwhile conservative splitters.

      • CloutAtlaa [any]
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        4 years ago

        The issue is that he was also spineless so despite basically being a US vassal state he didn't want to antagonise China too much (in terms of substantial policies, not dumbass gestures like war crime shrine visits)

        So if his successor is more competent at sucking Yankee cock it's worse news for Asia.