• Rusty Shackleford
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    2 months ago

    After many years of studying Japanese history, I’ve come to agree with the opinion that Japan has a culture of masochists ruled by sadists. Well, that’s pretty much the entire human species, but the Japanese especially so.

    • @starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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      12 months ago

      I’ve been learning a little bit about the Boshin War. At one point there was a group of teenage soldiers who thought they had lost a battle (they hadn’t) and so they killed themselves

      Like, humans are largely masochistic, but Japan (especially before 1945) really cranked that shit up to 11