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I studied Japanese and met maybe a hundred people that love Japanese culture. I never met any who would approve of the sexism, xenophobia or crazy work culture

I studied Japanese and met maybe a hundred people that love Japanese culture. I never met any who would approve of the sexism, xenophobia or crazy work culture. Most people love the aesthetics, literature, history, architecture, food, music... I think you are describing a certain far-right weaboo subculture, but that's just a pocket of 4chan inanity.

fxtentacle 5y ago
When Trump became POTUS, I couldn't find anyone in my social circle who liked him. But apparently, roughly half the country did. Similarly, I've yet to meet someone who thought Brexit would be a good idea. What that shows me is that the bubble is very real and that people with those views are hidden from me. "Do you think it is, or is not, morally wrong for a couple to have a baby if they are not married?" 47% of Americans say "morally wrong". That is very conservative in my opinion. https://news.gallup.com/poll/4315/family-values-differ-sharply-around-world.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/4315/family-values-differ-sharp...
- throwaway91822 5y ago
  > roughly half the country did That says a lot about about US. But I never said I was talking about US.
- 88840-8855 5y ago
  The American misconception of democracy is that the majority decides the way. This is why I dont like the system. The Europeans are making it much better, because they force parties to have coalition. The European democracies are not doing what the majority wants, but assures that the minorities are not left behind. Just because many many people voted for Trump or the Brexit it doesn't make this good or right.
  - nradov 5y ago
    You seem to have a misunderstanding of how democracy works in Europe. There are many different countries in the continent and only some of them have parliamentary systems; others operate more like the USA (and there's even a dictatorship or two). In a parliamentary system a party that wins an outright majority can form a government on their own and do what they want; parties are only forced to form coalitions when they lack a majority.
    - zeku 5y ago
      I think he was being too short to address your criticism. America only ends up with a majority because the system creates and only has room for 2 political parties. If America had a more hand wavey European like system, then America would likely have 2+ parties.
  - NikolaeVarius 5y ago
    > American misconception of democracy is that the majority decides the way I don't understand, a large part of the last 20-30 years of American elections have been an entire outrage over how a such a small amount of people can have such outsized results in elections because of how the system is structured. Its literally the opposite of your take.
  - Qem 5y ago
    Majorities don't decide the way in US. Even a president can be elected without being the most voted by the majority of citizens, due to the crazy delegate system.
refurb 5y ago
It’s because most people are only tourists and never live there?

fxtentacle 5y ago

When Trump became POTUS, I couldn't find anyone in my social circle who liked him. But apparently, roughly half the country did. Similarly, I've yet to meet someone who thought Brexit would be a good idea. What that shows me is that the bubble is very real and that people with those views are hidden from me. "Do you think it is, or is not, morally wrong for a couple to have a baby if they are not married?" 47% of Americans say "morally wrong". That is very conservative in my opinion. https://news.gallup.com/poll/4315/family-values-differ-sharply-around-world.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/4315/family-values-differ-sharp...

throwaway91822 5y ago
> roughly half the country did That says a lot about about US. But I never said I was talking about US.
88840-8855 5y ago
The American misconception of democracy is that the majority decides the way. This is why I dont like the system. The Europeans are making it much better, because they force parties to have coalition. The European democracies are not doing what the majority wants, but assures that the minorities are not left behind. Just because many many people voted for Trump or the Brexit it doesn't make this good or right.
- nradov 5y ago
  You seem to have a misunderstanding of how democracy works in Europe. There are many different countries in the continent and only some of them have parliamentary systems; others operate more like the USA (and there's even a dictatorship or two). In a parliamentary system a party that wins an outright majority can form a government on their own and do what they want; parties are only forced to form coalitions when they lack a majority.
  - zeku 5y ago
    I think he was being too short to address your criticism. America only ends up with a majority because the system creates and only has room for 2 political parties. If America had a more hand wavey European like system, then America would likely have 2+ parties.
- NikolaeVarius 5y ago
  > American misconception of democracy is that the majority decides the way I don't understand, a large part of the last 20-30 years of American elections have been an entire outrage over how a such a small amount of people can have such outsized results in elections because of how the system is structured. Its literally the opposite of your take.
- Qem 5y ago
  Majorities don't decide the way in US. Even a president can be elected without being the most voted by the majority of citizens, due to the crazy delegate system.

refurb 5y ago

It’s because most people are only tourists and never live there?