Comment on Cool Japan 🌸

13igTyme@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sure would be a shame if they also had an abysmally low birth rate which will result in their societal collapse.

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• diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Despite having population crisis and financial loses, they are still committed to xenophobia. They are master of that.

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• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Literally every country on the planet is xenophobic, people only make a big deal out of it when it’s a western or western-aligned country.

  The entire idea of inclusivity, tolerance, and multiculturalism is primarily a western idea sprung from western humanist values and honestly only even taken seriously in secular democracies which tend to be aligned with the west.

  And then people act like the west and west-aligned countries are so depraved for not perfectly living up to those values, when hardly any other nation even tries or has any desire to.

  It’s honestly kind of amusing once you stop giving a shit.

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  • Jankatarch@lemmy.world ⁨44⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I told people in North Iraq I am from Turkey, and despite my government fucking genociding their population and oppressing them for years, these people were welcoming. Travel more, I guess?

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• pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Probably on my list of reasons why I don’t want to visit Japan

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  • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Ive been to Japan a few years ago and they always felt very friendly and welcoming. They’re somewhat shy and awkward, but can’t say I had any negative experience.

    If you want to feel bad, go to Italy, especially Rome. Many Italians are super racist, hate tourists and are not afraid to hide it.

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  • Eldritch@piefed.world ⁨55⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    You’re going to face it anywhere you go. Don’t let it hold you back. There’s always a slight feeling of unease around those that are different from yourself. But not everyone turns it into a justification to hate. I saw this video 5 years ago about a guy going to Japan trying to track down the location of a meme image from the early internet. They ended up heading off to a smaller town that wasn’t very touristy. Something that could go very badly. As some of the small towns like anywhere else can be very insular. But instead when they got there. Ended up spending the night chatting up an eager bar owner about Kurosawa and star wars.

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