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>>When the U.S. beat Japan, they were able to control the messaging and media for years "Look at what happened after the war. Douglas MacArthur ordered the div
by OtterEcho 7y ago
>>When the U.S. beat Japan, they were able to control the messaging and media for years
"Look at what happened after the war. Douglas MacArthur ordered the divine emperor to quit being God, and he did, making a speech saying he was just an ordinary person. So after 1946 he wasn't God anymore." - Haruki Murakami, in Kafka on the Shore