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This reads like some "noble savage" rubbish about how the Japanese are better than us evil capitalists, but how exactly does one maintain a business in a steady
by Sophistifunk 6y ago
This reads like some "noble savage" rubbish about how the Japanese are better than us evil capitalists, but how exactly does one maintain a business in a steady-state for 1000 years when the neighbourhood around you gets gentrified, or the zoning changes, or your city made pension promises it can't keep for council employees so your land tax doubles every 5 years?
- yborg 6y agoDon't do those things? The Japanese were appalled by Europeans when they first encountered them and considered them savages. They may have had a point.
- Ichthypresbyter 6y agoThere are some pretty old businesses in Europe- plenty of English pubs claim to go back to the Middle Ages, and at least some have records to prove it.