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Akagami_Shanks
08/02/20 8:51:12 AM
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They went from ruthless warrior nation to... producing anime and overworked desk jobs

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g0ldie
08/02/20 8:57:23 AM
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it's like when a bully gets beat up, and realizes that the savage life isn't for them

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PrettyBoyFloyd
08/02/20 9:02:37 AM
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Some say that they were pacified.

But actually they're just now more sneaky about conquering the world.

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The_homelander
08/02/20 9:03:55 AM
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g0ldie posted...
it's like when a bully gets beat up, and realizes that the savage life isn't for them


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Sictis
08/02/20 9:03:59 AM
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Nukes
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The_homelander
08/02/20 9:04:20 AM
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Even their martial arts suffered, now theyre about fake stuff like open hand chops lmao

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Akagami_Shanks
08/02/20 1:53:12 PM
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Japan 1930 "You dishonored my family so I'm going to kill you"

Japan 2020"I'm sorry for being in your way onii-chan, would you like to punish me with your big hard meat stick?"

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TheMikh
08/02/20 2:19:55 PM
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during the occupation a lot of the old leadership was rooted out and charged with war crimes, whether being imprisoned or executed as a result, similar to nuremberg

a new constitution was introduced that introduced the modern system in place, as well as stripping the emperor of all power, who was forced to acknowledge his lack of divinity

japan was forbidden from having armed forces beyond what was necessary for self-defense

weapons - particularly katanas - were, for a while, confiscated and destroyed

america invested a great deal in japan's reconstruction, and that presumably came with wholesale import of american popular culture - this may have been the most potent factor

basically between the destruction of prewar institutional structures and partial supplanting of traditional japanese culture with american liberalism, it in time created a radically new culture

that is not to say there aren't still traditionalists and ultranationalist hardliners (see: mishima, also the black vans), but they don't have much to work with with respect to the masses, most of which have since been raised - and educated - in the new zeitgeist

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ALIEN_WORK2HOP
08/02/20 2:28:01 PM
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maybe they figured out all the fighting, honor, warrior bullshit didn't really get them very far.

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ZeroX91
08/02/20 2:35:26 PM
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Part of the terms of their surrender was disbanning their military, we put a us base in Okinawa to scare other countries away from eating them and making our operations in the pacific easier, Japan went full tilt into entertainment and science while having multiple generations of full on hippies, fastforward a bit and you are in current year

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yemmy
08/02/20 2:36:43 PM
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Dave Chappelle actually has a bit about this.

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Smackems
08/02/20 2:47:10 PM
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You answered your own question

Anime happened

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Damn_Underscore
08/02/20 2:53:13 PM
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Harry Truman is responsible for anime

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StarSpangled
08/02/20 2:53:41 PM
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I think Europe is an even bigger fall. Once the biggest empires whose influences and imperialism reached all across the globe and are still felt today. Now meekly sitting by as Russia, China, and the US run laps around them while the only thing they can do is make passive aggressive insults on how shitty those countries are while the majority of their economy has been overtaken by countries like India and Brazil.

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MixedRaceBaby
08/02/20 2:56:21 PM
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id like to nominate this topic as the most racist topic of the year.

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coolcono
08/02/20 2:58:32 PM
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Godzilla then Pokemon.

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Cobra1010
08/02/20 3:00:19 PM
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It's why German and Japanese cars and electronics dominate the market. They have limited military. So they go full economy focus. Like how I play age of empires.

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Akagami_Shanks
08/02/20 5:48:55 PM
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yemmy posted...
Dave Chappelle actually has a bit about this.
link?

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Prismsblade
08/02/20 6:07:07 PM
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It wasnt until post war that they realized trade was a far more efficient means for wealth and resources in modern day then war, expansion and conquest.

But then again it could only be becuase they lost all their strength. And that being kind and empathic now is just a survival mechanism they instinctively adapted to stay on everyones good side and avoid their wrath.

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