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You write this while in most Western countries.. ..many people who fail (lose a job, divorce, illness, accident) become drug addicted, homeless, mentally ill a
by eska 4y ago
You write this while in most Western countries..
..many people who fail (lose a job, divorce, illness, accident) become drug addicted, homeless, mentally ill and are left to their own devices.
..people are still referred to as “Black Americans” and “Asian Americans” instead of just “Americans” (similar in other countries) although they have lived there for generations, while there simply aren’t many non-Asian looking foreigners living in Japan for a long time.
..a barrage of articles on this site reports tens of thousands of workers being laid off, who worked hard and still got no job security.
I give Japan its fair share of criticism, but your take is easily dismissed as naive.
- pjmlp 4y agoMixing US culture with Western.
- eska 4y agoNope, I explicitly qualified my statements. I’m sorry you expected a full list. For another example, if you want to see drug addicted or mentally ill but untended to people then visit the train station of any major city in Germany.
- pjmlp 4y agoI fail to see how listing every single negative issue from every Western country, while ignoring the negatives of Japanese society, and worshipping their positives, puts us to shame.
- Jcowell 4y ago> ..people are still referred to as “Black Americans” and “Asian Americans” instead of just “Americans” (similar in other countries) although they have lived there for generations, while there simply aren’t many non-Asian looking foreigners living in Japan for a long time. Why is this listed as a fault (or even listed under “most Western countries”)? This is proud component of American culture. You’re more often to find people embrace this than see it is a con.