Entitlement society vs. self-reliant society. ‘Nuff said!
“Entitlement society vs. self-reliant society. ‘Nuff said!”
I’m not so sure that this explains all of it. Life in Japan has always been pretty tough (no land, food, resources, some of the reasons for their actions in WWII), and I think the people are much better at working together and making sacrifices for each other than we are (but, of course, they KNOW that everyone will do their part). They don’t have much “diversity”, which “oddly enough”, IS their strength.
Peer pressure still works very well there also. Peer pressure (to enforce acceptable behavior in society) went out here sometime in the mid-60’s.