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Are we the baddies? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Japan has a similar worldview to Americans because there's been multiple points in history where we brute forced our ways on them, conveniently at times where their old ways were losing faith.

Forcing Japans borders open while they remained isolated with outdated weaponry, and the end of WW2.

Capitalism was drilled into their culture until it's teeth sunk in and they had their economic boom.

[–] samus12345 5 points 10 months ago

Japan went from feudalism to an emerging modern industrialized state in what, 40 years? Industrial Revolution speedrun.