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I could see, "the Parliament/President/other elected official derives his power from the will of the populace," but the Emperor? An emperor derives his power f
by JasonFruit 7y ago
I could see, "the Parliament/President/other elected official derives his power from the will of the populace," but the Emperor? An emperor derives his power from his ability to impose it on others. In fact, so does the elected official; just because people have voted for the one they mind the least doesn't mean they consent to any of the bums.
- AlexCoventry 7y agoThe Japanese were heavily indoctrinated to view the Emperor as their god-king. That was one reason the occupation went so well, because when MacArthur took over, the Japanese generally treated him as a god-king, which made his policies much easier to implement. https://books.google.com/books?id=iuA-ZOCpTfIC&lpg=PP1&pg=PT431#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=iuA-ZOCpTfIC&lpg=PP1&pg=PT...