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At the risk of stereotyping an entire nationality, Japanese culture puts a high degree of emphasis on conformity, obeying rules, obeying social hierarchies and
by walrus01 2y ago
At the risk of stereotyping an entire nationality, Japanese culture puts a high degree of emphasis on conformity, obeying rules, obeying social hierarchies and keeping things in a generally orderly fashion.
For instance, many Japanese primary public schools have no janitor. This is normal. The children scrub the floors, bathrooms and do all the other cleaning tasks in a defined schedule.
some random reference examples: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=japanese+schools+children+clean https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=japanese+...
- astrange 2y agoOf course they have janitors. The students sweep the classroom, but they aren't expected to fix a blocked toilet or refill the soap.
- hinkley 2y agoNah you have a supernintendo or maintenance for that.
- mitthrowaway2 2y agoNot sure why you are downvoted. Japanese schools do a good job of promoting prosocial behaviour. A relatively low income inequality may also be a big factor. Also, much less societal tolerance for drugs?
- userbinator 2y agoAlso, much less societal tolerance for drugs? As in, none. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Japan#Medical_and_recreational_drugs_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Japan#Medic...
- astrange 2y agoThere's certainly a lot of tolerance for smoking, that's just not a drug that makes you commit crimes. (Except littering.) But they're only into mild stimulants because of memories of pervitin abuse. The main difference I can think of is we think it's cool if a celebrity does drugs, but they get insta-canceled so hard they disappear from society entirely.