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Let me rephrase it: They took their existing mindset/hard work, stopped spending it on military (in part due to a paradigm shift and also restrictions imposed
by partycoder 9y ago
Let me rephrase it:
They took their existing mindset/hard work, stopped spending it on military (in part due to a paradigm shift and also restrictions imposed by foreign powers) and started spending it purely on industrialization, technology, infrastructure, trade, education, science... a self-reinforcing effect that made them incrementally more productive.
- interfixus 9y agoNo disagreement on the first part. I remmain to be convinced that Japanese demography will prove of any negative consequence whatsoever in the long run. globally, population neds to shrink. The Japanese are showing us how to. The West how to not.