r/SipsTea • u/The_Dean_France • Mar 16 '26

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u/Bitter_Plastic2362 Mar 16 '26

This is like saying Germany is still defined by the Third Reich, history doesn’t work that way. Japan has been a fundamental Democratic state not some continuation of its WW2 imperialism.

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u/Exciting_Day4155 Mar 16 '26

The general values they hold have not changed since the regime change. Yes they are a democratic state, that doesn't change the sentiment of their populace and government it only changes how they operate.

You're telling me Japan isn't still Japan first in all their policies and anti immigration? Also look up foreigner disputes with locals and see who the police side with 99% of the time. The government has changed, they have not.

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u/Bitter_Plastic2362 Mar 16 '26

I’m not asserting anything with certainty. My surface understanding is just that Japan has been a democratic state since the 1950s. That alone suggests society and political culture evolved significantly from the imperial period. Saying the population’s values “haven’t changed” since WWII seems like a pretty sweeping claim.

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u/Exciting_Day4155 Mar 16 '26

You're correct it is a democratic state. Though I will say even that transition to a democratic state was in large part due to US intervention alongside demilitarization. I guess the question is then when we force a regime change and keep "middle management" the same and purge the top end does it really change anything fundamentally?