Although the remilitarization of Japan is a sensitive issue, you can’t expect communism in Japan to defend itself without a strong sovereign military tho?
Although the remilitarization of Japan is a sensitive issue, you can’t expect communism in Japan to defend itself without a strong sovereign military tho?
A remilitarized Japan or Germany would be a horrible idea. Nothing good can come of that. Not until these countries have actual proletarian revolutions, which frankly will not happen any time soon, they are incredibly reactionary societies. I should know, i live in one of them. The notion of “communism in Japan” or Germany for that matter for the moment is pie in the sky. We should base our positions on issues like this on the reality as it exists today not as it may exist in an idealized future. And the reality is they would just do awful things with a military. At least at the moment they are a drain on the US forcing it to devote military resources to maintaining a permanent presence there. And while i would like to see these countries kick the US out and turn against the US, the latter is not likely to happen. If they do re-arm in a significant way they will just become more dangerous and capable enforcers of US imperialism in their respective regions. They will still be politically subservient to US interests.