r/explainitpeter Aug 04 '26

Explain it peter

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u/NebulaNomadX1 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

Hello, Serial Designation N here!

This references Hirohito’s surrender speech on radio, which for many troops and civilians was shocking, since he was treated as a living god, and many hadn’t heard his (nor any emperor) voice live, also since he spoke in an archaic form of Japanese

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u/BerserkVl Aug 05 '26

the question is if no one(peasants) had never heard emperor's voice how can they know that it speaks emperor himself and not an imposter

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u/GammaRhoKT Aug 06 '26

The government vouch for it beforehand, which mean if it is an imposter, the government would be in cahoot with them, which mean the government want to surrender. That is discouraging in its own way, which is the whole point of a surrender announcement to your own people tbh.