Why The Far-Right SIMP For Japan and Why Japan has such a LARGE Communist Party (Who HATE the CPC)
4,802Japan is one of the worlds largest economies that has historically not been very open to letting migrants travel and make the country their home. After WW2, American army bases came to dominate their islands, as the US designed their new political system and helped rebuild their economy. Under the domination of a Right-Wing Nationalist party (LDP), Japan has largely thrived despite multiple economic crashes. Many on the Right like to say Japan is very successful because while it participates in the global economy but does not open its borders to the workers of the world. Which in their view, means social problems are limited due to a lack of a 'clash of cultures'.
However, they often ignore many of the internal problems of the country including how the lack of migrant workers has seriously undermined its economy as its population ages.
Japan has a stereotype for having a mostly conservative population, but Japan is also one of the few capitalist countries with a relatively strong Communist Party who are actually a notable force electorally. Many of Japan's most famous creators often put left-wing messages in their films, animes and video games. These socialist politics have been shaped by the post-war period including the American occupation of Japan.
In this video we discuss the Western Right's love for Japan (for all the wrong reasons) and why it does have a fairly large socialist movement.
.00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:00 - Jontron SIMPS for Japan
00:06:15 - Why the Right think Japan is a Model Society
00:09:30 - Japan's Conservative reputation vs reality
00:10:55 - Hideo Kojima's Political Views
00:15:50 - Why the Liberal Democratic Party have dominated Japanese Politics
00:17:29 - The re-emergence of Japanese Communism
00:20:01 - The Policies of the Japanese Communist Party
00:23:35 - The recent split between the Japanese and Chinese Communist Parties
00:27:03 - Closing Thoughts
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