Under globalization, we have confusing alternatives that require constant cognitive function to evaluate and maintain. As we seek conformity and agreement, we tend to a homogeneous gruel and the rich diversity of the world becomes an average gray standard.
bn-l•1h ago
chrisg23•59m ago
The article is from French media sources for example. France, as a part of that collective, is exerting their collectively given self right to tell the world how wrong Japan is for practicing democracy and getting the "wrong" results.
SlightlyLeftPad•58m ago
chrisg23•35m ago
If it benefitted more people, or more accurately if it benefitted people in a more equitable way instead of concentrating the gains in the hand of the wealthy and powerful, globally, then maybe there would be less of a pullback.
I'm not arguing for or against globalism, it has many benefits and drawbacks, but the undercurrent of opposition has existed long before Trump of Brexit, as seen for example in the various GX (G8, G20, etc) protests that took place around the world in the 2000's and 2010's, preceding the Trumpers and Brexit.
I agree the sentiment has picked up in recent years, accelerated since Covid, and that politicians are doing what politicians do, trying to get elected.
bamboozled•7m ago
On second thought, you seem like a rage bot with GPT generated comments on politically charged articles.
bamboozled•21m ago
In one of Sanseito’s proposed policies, she said, the party would explicitly prohibit foreigners from having voting or civic rights, and it would not allow naturalised citizens to be able to hold public office until they had been naturalised for three generations.
To your questions: No, because there are lot of wonderful people who are non ethnically Japanese who live in Japan, contribute like everyone else who are accused of being parasites for no reason but political gain only. It’s Trumpism.
Nationality in Japan is about ethnicity.
Hopefully that answers your question.