Japanese have a great culture but I think what is truly behind the phenomenon is that they are one people, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically, and have been for 2000 years and therefore have a higher level of trust in others.
I agree. I’ve heard that they are arguably the most xenophobic culture on the planet. Kinda like orthodox Jews of old (and new).
It pays to be one culture.
having diversity has its downsides......our country now has such a mix that we have no center core, no sense of one culture.....
Bingo. Diversity breeds separatism. Leftists know this and play the divide and conquer game accordingly with high immigration, both legal and illegal. It will be interesting to see how long support for the ‘welfare state’ lasts in Norway, Sweden, et al in the face of raping, polygamous muslims.
Switzerland was relatively low crime in 1986, when I visited my Dad there, but they have at least four languages spoken there: French, German, Italian and a little-known one called Romansh. But they took pride in being Swiss. What was one way of showing that pride? By not committing crimes.
(I don’t know if it’s the same now, however.)
Japanese have a great culture but I think what is truly behind the phenomenon is that they are one people, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically, and have been for 2000 years and therefore have a higher level of trust in others.
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Correct! Emphasis added
This very basic fact is often overlooked when people here in our "multi-cultural" society wonder how countries like Japan...or even some of the Scandinavian countries, have low rates of crime...have high scores in school, etc and so forth.
Being 1 people, with a common/shared culture, history, primary language, etc. helps them reach those achievements in the modern world.
Diversity really isn't our strength. Diversity is increasingly dividing, creating distinct tribal rivalries.