• DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz
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          11 months ago

          Interestingly, some countries don’t hate Japan despite a pretty rough history with them. Taiwan, for example, is generally quite positive about Japan, and I’ve even met some elders who say Taiwan improved under the Japanese.

          I’m not sure that’s completely true, but some people definitely believe it. I think Vietnam and Indonesia also have pretty positive relations with Japan. But China and Korea absolutely despise them, and I’m not sure about the Philippines, but they have enough reasons to hate them, too.

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            11 months ago

            I’m no scholar, but I’m certainly a regular consumer of Japanese culture and content as much as the next nerd. This sentiment by China and Korea makes me wonder whether there’s any remaining vestiges of Japanese culture and mindset that are actually worthy of their concern, or if their bias is 100% rooted in historical events.

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          11 months ago

          Fair enough, although while Russia now has committed a few war crimes and I’d love to see Putin be removed, I don’t wish them to be nuked.

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    11 months ago

    When I lived in Japan, my class watched Grave of the Fireflies and some kids were crying, but the Chinese kid said “well… you shouldn’t be sad, because they deserved it” and that challenged my thinking on the issue. I’m grateful for your perspective little Chinese kid

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      11 months ago

      I think the only scenario in which North Korea would cheer American nukes is if the US accidentally nuked itself.