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> Japan’s leaders are so out of touch with the lives of ordinary people that they seem genuinely uninterested in their plight. That, in turn, allows an entire b
by chewz 7y ago
> Japan’s leaders are so out of touch with the lives of ordinary people that they seem genuinely uninterested in their plight. That, in turn, allows an entire bureaucracy to wallow in denial, even over a crisis like the coronavirus outbreak and just a few months away from the Olympics.
[] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/opinion/coronavirus-japan-abe.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/opinion/coronavirus-japan...
- drak0n1c 7y agoSimilarly, the mayor of Boston chastised Sony for cancelling its PAX East appearance, and accused Sony of supporting bigotry. The bureaucratic disconnect is universal. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-24-boston-mayor-petitions-sony-to-return-to-pax-east https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-24-boston-may...