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The Coming War with Japan
- PaulHoule 4y agoToday people would blame them for things like Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, DATE A LIVE, and Kantai Collection.
- nullish_signal 4y agoIt's amusing seeing the Culture Clash between Hello Kitty Look-How-Cute-Please-Don't-Nuke [1] (Which seems related to a more permissive Art culture, ie Loli), versus the American Puritanism that demands the Body be hidden from View. [1] My own summarization of Japan's Military Dependence on the US since WW2. """Ms. HOAGLUND: Yes. Well, yes, certainly the current Japanese administration is beginning to rattle its sabers, but I think in part, it's a direct reaction to the fact that Japan has for 60 years been utterly militarily dependent on the United States, and that what Murakami posits is that this military political dependence on the United States leads to a sense of impotence. ... CONAN: ... But just extend the thought for a second. This you take, or the artist takes, even to something like Hello Kitty. Ms. HOAGLUND: Yes, this sense of cuteness of an entire nation anxious about growing up and taking responsibility ... """ https://www.npr.org/transcripts/4792324 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/4792324