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I was scrolling through comments sections of a video discussing the live-action One Piece show and its differences between it and the anime/manga version. Ran into this comment that give me quite a bit of food for thought...
It does brings into question the whole meme of Japan being "based", whatever that word means anymore...
The entire comment sounds like a western narrative to put down Japan. Yes they have a harder work culture, but hey thats better than the work culture where we have to pick up the tabs of all the people who dont feel up to working.
The work culture has been changing over the years and I think these days they have a better balance.
Japan has always been one of those countries, deeply wedged under the heels of the Cabal Empire, but always finding ways to never surrender their spirit, and gets punished heavily for that.
Yeah, there is a phenomenon where the youngster these days get exposed to the western culture, specifically targeted to them, that tells them that they are unhappy and Japan does not let them express themselves etc etc, the typical cultural brainwashing. This is causing a lot of youngsters to drop out of society and some even leave their country and make youtube videos about how they could not cope living in Japan.
At the same time you have tons of people from around the world moving to Japan, finally finding happiness and making videos about how wonderful it is.
We have some anons here who actually LIVE in Japan who could chime in.
That comment was largely word vomit. South Korea is also facing a "fertility crisis" and yet has all those "utopia" qualities in spite of "toxic work culture"
Which yes, exists, but people aren't jumping off buildings every day post bubble style. The appeal to the west of Japan and Korea is I feel due to the fact culturally America (and the American west in general) kind of sucks.
Any sense of nationalism has been demonized by media and deep state. Civil rights issues distracted and separated us for two hundred years that we could have been nurturing and growing as a society. Protestantism also absolutely crippled us artistically, emotionally, and philisophically. This has all been manipulated by the cabal due to the fact America is relatively young as a nation.
Japan somehow retains a culture and identity in spite of being a failed state and having been the biggest loser of that war. Think of it more, our "cultural institutions" are all cabal traps: fast food, sportsball, Hollywood, books, music, social media. No coincidence, those same designs corrupt and erode other nations even the eastern ones
I was in Japan recently and their food is just Wow! Like it's crazy how good they taste, even the veggies, and I hate veggies.
Yes, the vegetables in Japan are fantastic. WAY better than in America. Organic farmers' markets in America are alright. But let's say you want to buy a watermelon. Sure, they are cheaper in the USA, and you can try thumping them to see what they sound like. You think you've got a good one, so you bring it home, cut it open, and it just sucks. Meanwhile in Japan, they will tell you with a sticker how sweet the watermelon is on a grade scale. I tell kids in Japan who hate tomatoes that the ones here are like candy compared to the crappy tomatoes in America. And I don't buy American meat here. Especially now that they've begun vaccinating the farm animals. I guess the cows need to experience myocarditis too.
"Refined" is an appropriate word to describe Japanese food for sure. I realize that most Americans don't know the difference between Japanese and Chinese food, but they are very different. Then again, at a Chinese restaurant in America, fried rice is just something to do with leftover rice. Here, the fried rice is fantastic and will blow you away. It's Japanese-style Chinese food primarily. OTOH, I miss stuff like egg foo young and moo goo gai pan.
Send in these anons that live in Japan into here then. I want everyone's opinion.
Right off the top of my head, Steve. He has lived in Japan quite a long time. Hopefully he sees this, I can't tag users on this browser.
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