President Joe Biden said that the U.S. economy was growing “because we welcome immigrants” and that other countries were held back economically by anti-immigration policies.
After many years of studying Japanese history, I’ve come to agree with the opinion that Japan has a culture of masochists ruled by sadists. Well, that’s pretty much the entire human species, but the Japanese especially so.
I’ve been learning a little bit about the Boshin War. At one point there was a group of teenage soldiers who thought they had lost a battle (they hadn’t) and so they killed themselves
Like, humans are largely masochistic, but Japan (especially before 1945) really cranked that shit up to 11
After many years of studying Japanese history, I’ve come to agree with the opinion that Japan has a culture of masochists ruled by sadists. Well, that’s pretty much the entire human species, but the Japanese especially so.
I’ve been learning a little bit about the Boshin War. At one point there was a group of teenage soldiers who thought they had lost a battle (they hadn’t) and so they killed themselves
Like, humans are largely masochistic, but Japan (especially before 1945) really cranked that shit up to 11