tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post7234226030124780305..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Japan, China and the Legacy of World War IIMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-63034137558876702782017-09-27T17:25:57.365-05:002017-09-27T17:25:57.365-05:00You were doing good up to the very end with the ab...You were doing good up to the very end with the absurd notion that the Europeans "planted" the idea of racial supremacy in Europe. Asian countries with thousands of years of history did not suddenly adopt their current racial attitudes because of the relatively recent exposure to Europeans. Go back and read about the very first interaction between the Chinese and the Japanese for a good example of this.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-81351911566051004472017-09-27T11:19:23.093-05:002017-09-27T11:19:23.093-05:00Sadly China will be never be a global power apart ...Sadly China will be never be a global power apart from being able to flex its economic muscle for a few decades before it is taken over by, maybe India. China is distrusted around the world. Everyone only welcome Chinese enterprise only with suspicion. China has few friends. And history tells us that Asian states don't get along well; ex-colony countries in Asia are in a much better relationship with their ex-colonial masters in Europe than with their neighbor. The reason is that Asian countries/societies identify themselves strongly along racial line. China is not an exception -- it is basically a chinese state with one racial dominant group. Japan and Korea are the same. East Asians are racially homogenous in the extreme. They have parochial view of the world and distrust everyone. They build a society in which only their own race could participate. Other parts of Asia are racially more diversified. But the idea of racial supremacy is everywhere because the European planted it there - so that they could divide and rule their colonial subjects. Myanmar's continuing racial conflict is a good example of this. <br /><br />Only, perhaps, Thailand is free from the racial supremacist dilemma. It was never conquered by a western power. And it had been a multi-racial empire before the European started coming in with their colonial agendas. Thailand today is the only non-racial society in Asian state, despite being a racially diversified country. It is the supremacy of the Monarchy (i.e. the traditional authority) that has allowed Thailand to achieve the social cohesion it has today. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189312532609752840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-85767593886945673432015-07-19T12:23:55.204-05:002015-07-19T12:23:55.204-05:00Yeah, I've heard this 'Japan isn't a r...Yeah, I've heard this 'Japan isn't a real country' argument before. What I've never heard is another example of a puppet/colony/client state that can and does refuse to buy what their overlord is selling. Nor have I ever seen another example of a colonial master freaking out because they think their colony is about to surpass them in buying power (which I can well remember). But, of course, I don't really expect too ...it all comes from an emotional response rather than a reasonable one.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-43791941843158563882015-07-19T06:49:29.465-05:002015-07-19T06:49:29.465-05:00I am afraid I have to disagree with the last sente...I am afraid I have to disagree with the last sentence. Japan is now a 'puppet state' of the USA and China in the eyes of many, will rule the world after the 'Pax America'. Both don't like Europe, but Europe (sadly) is as global joke at the dawn of this century.Teo Wei Pinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980353390013234644noreply@blogger.com