Poll of the Day > Rusian populism is stupid

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So after reading a lot about how Putin has been in power for so long....I can only see once again why populisim is stupid...


Basically most Russians specially older people care more about making Russia a powerful nation again rather than their own economic wellfare

I watched a documentary from 1945 called "Know your enemy: Japan" was released right before the U.S nuked them. One of the things outlined in the documentary was that Japan had befriended the West, sent immigrants etc. so they could eventually build their resources and attack, was part of the Bushido Code, befriending and then eventually backstabbing and gaining control using all the power gained from your allies.

That's probably the scariest and most effective way to make a Nation powerful. At least we know Russia sucks.
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Ferarri619 posted...

I watched a documentary from 1945 called "Know your enemy: Japan" was released right before the U.S nuked them. One of the things outlined in the documentary was that Japan had befriended the West, sent immigrants etc. so they could eventually build their resources and attack, was part of the Bushido Code, befriending and then eventually backstabbing and gaining control using all the power gained from your allies.

That's probably the scariest and most effective way to make a Nation powerful. At least we know Russia sucks.

But that was typical WWII [propaganda... Japan was an ally in WW1 they didn't became an empire for the sake of attacking their allieas

when it comes to pearl harbor, remember that the US did the same to Spain in the Spanish American war.

no nation is 100% good or 100% evil. the allies were the best of the 2 however

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvcE9D3mn0Q

I know it was propaganda, so I don't know the accuracy for sure, but, at 40:40. "During WW1, knowing the allies would win, Japan declared war on Germany" I guess implying that they took the side that would help them build their empire.
I love Japan btw, but it was an interesting thing to watch despite being culturally insensitive.
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I work with Chinese people and they reallu hate Japan for obvious reasons. My coworker asked my boss what he thought about north korea sending that missile toward Japan and he said, "fair." Lol