[TeenagedConservative]

Japanese kids are very studious and hard-working. Their country is successful. And...they are capitalistic and 99% percent homogeneous racially.

I guess one doesn't need cheap immigrant labor and multiculturalism to have a successful society.

[brownsfan]

"And...they are capitalistic and 99% percent homogeneous "

Take care in how you present that point. It's not a huge leap to infer racism by the presenter.

The things the left trumpets, multiculturalism and diversity, are very good things that have contributed to the greatness of this country. What the left has done is to pervert the idea, and use multiculturalism and diversity as code for political correctness and social engineering, (both very bad things).

I am not implying you are racist. I'm just trying to be helpful.

[BadAndy]

"Japanese kids are very studious and hard-working. Their country is successful. And...they are capitalistic and 99% percent homogeneous racially."

They don't know the joys of a diverse multicultural society such as a welfare underclass of fatherless thugs, endless whining about victimization, privilege, and discrimination. Not to mention the joys of watching all of your educational institutions being degraded by affirmative action.

[VOA]

they are capitalistic and 99% percent homogeneous racially.

Just from what I know in working with expat Japanese and having
friends that live/work there...
I'd inexpertly say the Japanese are capitalistic in the aggregate,
somewhat socialist given their strong social contract for long-term employment
and other social niceties.

The long-term employment thing has slacked a bit in the last decade,
as companies do actually let people go more often during downtime
or reorganization. But that was a rude shock when it started to happen.


I guess one doesn't need cheap immigrant labor and multiculturalism to
have a successful society.

Sure. A harmonious and productive society can be built with a homogeneous
population.

But there are pragmatic advantages to having a diverse population.
Such as having people in your population that can "think like"
foreigners we end up going to war with...e.g., the Japanese in WWII.
(yes, some of that brain-power wasn't harnessed as FDR had a lot of
the Japanese-Americans locked up).

And not to sound like a eugenics person, there's good sense to
"hybrid vigor" and lessening the appearance of debilitating
genetic traits.

Myself, I'd go with something like a Switzerland as a good model;
multiple language with populations form varying areas, and plenty productive
and harmonious.

[monday]

"I guess one doesn't need cheap immigrant labor "

Japan has cheap immigrant labor. Their are millions of Filipinos and others in Japan but the Japanese don't let them become citizens.