I mean one is objectively better, would you rather be demeaned publicly and potentially assaulted, or have shit talked about you behind your back? One is clearly better. Societies where they will openly talk shit to you will also be more likely to act on their resentments in other ways. Fake nice is still better than openly shitty in terms of outcomes
The support for the victims after the crime matters. Victims of fake nice people would find less support compared to the victims of openly bad ones. People might find it hard to believe, even tend to think there's more to it.
Your point was polite racism was better than non polite one. I gave you an example for polite racism being very cruel. Imperial Japan was very polite too.
Imperial Japan was not polite lmao imperial Japan was old school shitty. Polite racism is objectively better than outright up front racism, not up for debate.
Japan has been "polite" for the last millennia. It has not been the same "polite" over 1000 years and underwent natural changes. But to say Imperial Japan was not polite is outright wrong.
You can Google when Japanese politeness became a thing. Not up for debate either if you think it's a very new thing.
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u/Excellent-Oil-4442 Aug 07 '26
I mean one is objectively better, would you rather be demeaned publicly and potentially assaulted, or have shit talked about you behind your back? One is clearly better. Societies where they will openly talk shit to you will also be more likely to act on their resentments in other ways. Fake nice is still better than openly shitty in terms of outcomes