I think a baseline requirement for these types of systems is that people don't go out of their way to be assholes for negligable gains. My understanding of Jap

I think a baseline requirement for these types of systems is that people don't go out of their way to be assholes for negligable gains. My understanding of Japanese culture is that, by and large, people don't do that. Americans, meanwhile, have a pretty heaping helping of petty asshats. For exhibit A, go look up some of the asinine BS tax protesters try to get out of pretty basic civil responsibilities.