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I mean ethnically

In no way

I'm a white aryan to be honest

I've heard that if you're not that no matter how much you immerse yourself in the culture and no matter how long you've lived there that you'll never really be fully accepted by much of society. Maybe that is changing with the younger generations, but I don't know.

That you'll always be something of a novelty

I can imagine that since Japan is ethnically "pure"

Also there's just the extreme focus on collectivism in Japanese culture vs individualism in American.

oh really? Didn't thought about that

Like the whole reason every single anime character seems to be 16 years old is that those are viewed as the last years of freedom before starting your adult life and giving up everything to contribute to society.

That's probably why Japan has such out there subcultures. Their mainstream culture is very restrictive.

But these are just things I've heard, so take it with a grain of salt. I've never been there.

That seems terrifying lol

What you say is like "now join the hive and be part of it, hivemind will send you orders"

Seems like a really cool place to visit for vacation or for a year or two, but I don't think I'd want to live there long term

I'll make some research, I mean, the 'futuristic' aspect of japan is really appealing to me

South Korea has that too

I had a friend who lived in Japan

He said everything was systematic, every person another cog in a giant machine

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oof

Yall heard about the Wall street journal pressuring youtube into refunding money that was going to kids with cancer because they didnt like the dude doing the fundraising

yes

Everything had to work together, or society shamed you into suicide

o k

this is an exaggeration, but still true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLt5qSm9U80

seems kinda terrifying too, but still, I'll make some research and also look at South Korea which is kinda same as japan with different culture

Not really

It's more like India than japan

Or China

ahhhh

india is more like america.
everyone only cares about them selfs

Kinda?

Djabooty

The difference is-
1) India is socialist, at least used to be
2) America is a melting pot, India is multicultural
3) WAY less freedom

We don't even have freedom of speech

america used to be a melting pot

in Europe we don't

hotmeme liame