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I would suggest you read up on the history of mercenaries worldwide and the history of youth volunteering for wars worldwide. These are by no means traits parti
by spookybones 4y ago
I would suggest you read up on the history of mercenaries worldwide and the history of youth volunteering for wars worldwide. These are by no means traits particular to Japanese people. I would also suggest you read up on the United States global positioning before and after WW2. It was regionally isolated from the brunt of the war, which allowed it to loan money and sell weapons and resources at very favorable rates for the majority of the war. This can’t be excluded from a simple explanation of its global dominance.
- Auracle 4y agoI'm very well aware of what people's argument is for why the US became dominant, and I'm sure it was a factor. Yet that didn't happen to other regionally isolated countries like Mexico or Brazil - hell, or even Canada. And yes, youth always volunteer for wars. Like I said, I'm not a historian and my example was just an example of how things could guide selection. That said I don't think many countries had something similar to what ronin, or even samurai, were. It was a fairly unique system. China's Great Leap Forward would be another example of something that could guide who lived to procreate and who didn't.