It's been the same for 50 years. Why is not now a problem?
Generational decay. People raised in the old world, before everything was broken, retain their cultural behaviors, but subsequent generations internalize the new rules and things go wrong. 50-60 years for cultural changes to show their full effects is normal.
Rural Japan and Urban Japan are two very very different things.
Of course, but their birthrate is catastrophic nonetheless.
It's a dumb rigged game with a fake embarrassment ritual designed to extract the last bit of cash from the empire while keeping everyone too depressed to do anything about it.
Generational decay. People raised in the old world, before everything was broken, retain their cultural behaviors, but subsequent generations internalize the new rules and things go wrong. 50-60 years for cultural changes to show their full effects is normal.
Of course, but their birthrate is catastrophic nonetheless.
I agree 100%.