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Japan would like to have a word with you. (It also doesn't help that the US couped most of the South American examples to install dictators).
by adgjlsfhk1 4y ago
Japan would like to have a word with you. (It also doesn't help that the US couped most of the South American examples to install dictators).
- Jensson 4y agoJapan went that way as well, Japan has held elections since 1889. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Constitution > The Lower House, or House of Representatives was directly elected by all males who paid at least 15 yen in property taxes, effectively limiting the suffrage to 1.1 percent of the population. That 1.1 percent was expanded over the years. Then after WW2 USA just needed to finalize the expansion and you got a well functioning modern democracy.
- rayiner 4y agoJapan has a long history of national government prior to the introduction of democracy. Even during the shogunate Japan had an elaborate national government with delegation of responsibility to elites. It’s worth remembering that the British “Parliament” arose from the king’s advisory body of nobles. The Meiji period saw further sophisticated administration and delegation of power to the imperial diet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Meiji_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Meiji_Japan. By the time Japan became a democracy, the people were already accustomed to functional and orderly governance.
- mannykannot 4y agoBy the time Japan came into conflict with the USA, it was essentially a military dictatorship. Afterwards it became a one-party democracy to an unusual extent. I am not sure what could or should be made of that, other than perhaps that one should be wary of general theories of political development.