• Loundzer [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Can anyone tell me what the story is in japan? Like obv economic issues and declining birth rates, but I'm dumb and don't know the political situation very well, I only watch their anime.

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Their constitution says their military cant fight with anyone for any reason other than being attacked first.

      They want to stop doing that thing. The right is in control and they want to re-establish the suppressed fascism in their society. The weird thing about Japan is that it had shitloads of pacifism just poured over the top of imperialism, racism and fascism. I really don't want to see what would happen if they become active imperially - they might be almost as bad as the US.

      • Blarglefargle [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        They don’t have nearly Enough of the resources or manpower to become as imperial as the US or imperial at all really. And the pacifism May have been poured over the shit buts it’s still a big part of their modern society.

        • SerLava [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah for sure, but maybe they could pull it off in just a couple places if they really put their effort toward it.

          • Blarglefargle [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            The most I could see is Japense imperialism forcing Americans imperialism off their island

      • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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        4 years ago

        Just a "fun" fact: Abe's grandfather was a class A war criminal who was so brutal in oppressing and massacring the Chinese he got the nickname "The Devil of Shōwa"

        After the war the US of course let him go with no charges and even made him prime minister to fight the Japanese Socialists.