Japan should be a textbook example for any tyrant who wants to control their population. As Goethe accurately noted: "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free". Japan has mastered the art of indoctrination. The control is not exerted through force or laws, but rather culture. This is smartly combined with fervous nationalism which claims that the culture of Japan is "immutable and homogeneous". This has several consequences:
- The definition of what is to be "Japanese" is narrowe and conveniently defined. It does not limit itself to ethnia and birthplace, but behavior. The ideal Japanese man is obedient to his superior. The ideal Japanese woman obeys her husband.
- Therefore, anything that moves away from the ideal of Nihonjinron (Japaneseness) should be attacked, ignored, isolated. Invidual thoughts or traits are suppressed (sexuality, originality, etc.)
- Since the Yamato ace is the best, then Japan is also the best. As consequence, any negativity or criticism isn't publicly allowed. This is entrenched not only in social relationships like the family, but all the way into academia and intellectuals.
- Even the highest echelons of Japanese society must follow the rules. The book "Princess Masako : prisoner of the Chrysanthemum throne : the tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess" clearly depicts the obedience of the empress and emperor towards the Imperial Household, even in their own detriment.
- A combination of nationalism and culture. That is, if you aren't a fervor nationalist, you do not love your own culture. Since humans naturally have a sense of belonging, this feeling is co-opted by nationalist sentiments.
- The logical consequences of the mythical Yamato and nation of the rising sun, is racism and xenophobia. As such, foreigners become the perfect scapegoat, even though they only make up 3% of the population and hold no political nor economic power. This discrimination extends to the indigenous populations: Ainu and Ryukyu.
- End result: a deferential, obedient society uncapable of publicly criticizing the status quo, willing to do anything in the name of Japan. This is assuming they can first break through the veil of nationalism so entrenched in their society.
Japanese society is what every tyrant desires. It will be the last place where the revolution happens, as it is impossible for the Japanese to rise against their government. Japan is in a sense a nightmare. Impossible to become free.
>>2390669Pretty sure most manga artists dont have the intellectual capacity to do so
>>2390664That "harmony" as you call it carries a heavy price: to let your superior do whatever he wants to you
>>2390846That Indian prime minister oversaw an attempt to deport refugees to Rwanda. When the courts found that Rwanda wasn't a safe country, they passed a law saying that Rwanda is to be considered a safe country for legal purposes. If anything, Britain's ability to bring ethnic minorities into the fold of class-spite works against it, not in its favour.
Britain is less of a democracy than Japan. The party in power changes, yes, but it changes according to the will of the press not the will of the public. You instinctively think: ah, but that's true everywhere. It isn't, in most functional regimes there is a small element of public choice. You can pick between Coke and Pepsi, some topics are not open for democratic discussion, but some are. In Britain this is not the case. In Britain, the same basic policy remains in place regardless of who is in power. A Conservative government recently lost election, only to be replaced by an even more socially conservative, even more racist Labour government. The chief advisor to the Labour prime minister held a briefing with all the major newspapers back when Corbyn was around briefing on exactly how he was going to bring down Corbyn and exactly how he was going to shitehouse right-wing Keir Starmer into the Labour leadership, and not one single newspaper saw fit to report on this meeting. It only came out after Keir Starmer was in downing street. The press and major parties all colluded to fuck Corbyn, to fuck Liz Truss (right wing but mentally retarded), and then to punish the Conservatives for electing a retard. Keir Starmer was effectively challenged on nothing during the election campaign because he was the pre-anointed victor, while poor Rishi Sunak was attacked on everything and otherwise-irrelevant Reform UK were hyped up to split the right wing vote, and the public dutifully gave Keir Starmer… a lower share of the vote than in 2019, when Labour went down to a historic defeat.
Japan is similar, of course, it's run by an inbred clique of Todaisei who've all got a war criminal for a daddy, but Japan is falling apart in a sort of dignified way, slowly dying of old age. Japan is rarely so openly insultingly stupid. The Japanese have a certain national identity, Britain is schizophrenic because "Britishness" in the sense of the national identity of Great Britain, without empire, only really came about post-WW2. (Read David Edgerton for more.)
>>2390726Until you read up on the Japanese farmer that succesfully fucked over the government and still own his plot in the middle of an airport.
Stop with the orientalism.
>>2390527It's not even in the top 10
The Amerisraeli Burgerreich is obviously numero uno, but even just in Asia, you've got Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, South Korea, India. All much more reactionary than japan
>>2393649Frankly you can put aside history. Britain is simply a measurably worse country today even if you just compare living as a middle-income normie.
A group called Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organization for throwing red paint on RAF planes, and therefore any statement that could create a reasonable impression you support that group - e.g. any pro-palestine sentiment whatsoever - is grounds for arrest under section 12(A) of the Terrorism Act.
>>239364963 million aboriginal Australians? Someone pulled that number out of their ass
>>2393658What happened to PA in the UK can happen anywhere tbh. Since PA doctrine is direct action, the State will certainly intervene to stop it.
>>2394097The interesting part isn't that PA is banned (any state will clamp down on direct action groups, obviously), it's all the legal implications that flow from it being banned under Britain's specific anti-terror laws (which, in short, make it illegal to even vaguely look or sound like you might be the kind of person who supports them or their end-goals in any way, or indeed to say things that might
lead someone to support them… which is a very, very wide remit. In practice, people now get a police talking to because
flying a Palestine flag, for example, is the sort of thing that might fall afoul of the proscription…)
https://samkriss.substack.com/p/the-law-that-can-be-named-is-not is a fairly straight summary for the first 30%
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