[caddie]

I guess everyone is supposed to say, "Oh, wow, what a cool disciplined culture," but how these people carried on then, during WW2 and afterward, up to and including now, is just plain old messed up. Top to bottom.

Except for the 3 or 4 % who converted to Catholicism.

Now, the whole lot is a complete mess of comic book reading wankers. Unable to reproduce. Unable to come out of a 30 year recession.

Sorry for saying something I am not supposed to. Lots of pathology going on.

[nickcarraway]

I think your are exaggerating. They may be good at some things, but that doesn’t mean everything. 4% obesity, much less than the rest of the world, about 1/11th of the U.S.

[DesertRhino]

Fully agree. It was anti-human and anti-individual liberty.

[z3n]

I guess everyone is supposed to say, “Oh, wow, what a cool disciplined culture,”

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Spend a little time reading up on Bushido. It wasn’t for everyone in the culture. It was something akin to “Chivalry” for the more elite and wealthy knights in midaeval europe, but different in many ways. The code of honor and of discipline is probably very foreign to you, and to me as well (so I’m not being condesending, so you know). It’s difficult for us to relate.

Also, what you say about “he whole lot is a complete mess of comic book reading wankers. Unable to reproduce. Unable to come out of a 30 year recession.” is much more a phenomenon of the unfortunate final parts of the story arc for most western cultures. Particularly the inability to maintain a sustainable birthrate.