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> Until GP responds, the best I can come up with, which is not really an "experiment" as there was no control, is the post-WWII demilitarization and, effective,
by Cyberdog 11y ago
> Until GP responds, the best I can come up with, which is not really an "experiment" as there was no control, is the post-WWII demilitarization and, effective, subjugation of Japan. The nation and people's wills were controlled for a time primarily by outsiders, or severely restricted if not directly controlled.
One of the reasons this is bunk is that east Asian cultures have had higher prevalences of suicide well before WWII.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoYeah, and a lot of this is due to how Japanese culture views suicide quite differently to the West.