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Rapid modernization (media.piefed.zip)
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[–] 27 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Love the China memes and all, but how often do you meet someone who has anything to say about Japanese modernization?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It depends on the circles you run in. I'm getting my history degree at an American university and tbh it's often

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I do believe your sentiment and I am sorry if this sounds snarky, but I am also genuinely curious: do they ever invoke "The Samurai Spirit"?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    This does happen pretty often in sources, westerners in Japan after Meiji restoration often noted how many former samurai works in various places (usually wersternised ones) and how everything looks like in military and how everyone is polite and works their assess off without complaining, all must be because the samurai spirit.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    China is where Japan was in the 80s

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    A financial bubble about to pop?

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