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The Japanese culture and way of life were systematically gutted during and after WWII, after which they slowly came to adopt American norms. Defeated people hav
by Second_son 13y ago
The Japanese culture and way of life were systematically gutted during and after WWII, after which they slowly came to adopt American norms. Defeated people have imitated the victors time and again throughout history. This has little to do with how amazing the other culture is.
I find little to celebrate in the Americanization of yet another unique & rich culture.
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- oafitupa 13y ago> Defeated people have imitated the victors time and again throughout history. This has little to do with how amazing the other culture is. Or it has little to do with being "defeated". Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit.
- astrange 13y agoJapanese culture, though very "western", is not very American. Many essential American cultural elements such as religion, guns, cars, libertarians, feminism, and no sex on TV are missing, and it is certainly not as individualist. It's not a great place to be a programmer, though - people I know working at pixiv (a modern foreigner-friendly web startup) aren't paid even entry-level US salaries. But with pixiv you can see one of the good sides of Japan. It's basically DeviantArt, but amateur artists on pixiv have often practiced for years and their art is technically good, whereas DeviantArt posters are all more than satisfied with their weird fetish art they drew in MS Paint. You could try Korea, which is a lot more like America. Specifically, Texas.
- nemasu 13y agoI'm a programmer in Japan. And there are so many dev jobs here it's ridiculous... IF you can speak Japanese.