tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post819618118279484430..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: A Vision for the Future of JapanMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-20961656042780507932014-10-19T09:17:12.694-05:002014-10-19T09:17:12.694-05:00That is probably true. Japan is an overwhelmingly ...That is probably true. Japan is an overwhelmingly secular nation but it is also true that such a poll may not be reflective depending on how it was worded. Certainly most people in Japan do not believe in "God" the way westerners understand the concept nor would many westerners even recognize Shinto as a "religion" in the same vein as Christianity, Islam, Judaism or Hinduism. To most westerners it would probably seem no more "religious" than reading a fortune cookie so just because it seems irreligious to western eyes does not mean that such is truly the case.<br /><br />That said, overall, there does need to be a spiritual reawakening in Japan. Even that may be expecting a bit too much but at least a revitalized understanding of the traditional stories, the founding legends and traditional values would be a great help.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-53883853644177738942014-10-18T20:22:56.668-05:002014-10-18T20:22:56.668-05:00I believe a recent poll showed that the overwhelmi...I believe a recent poll showed that the overwhelming majority of Japanese don't believe in God (paradoxically many of them follow the rituals of traditional Shintoism, which exalts the Emperor to a deity of some kind as I understand it). Can any nation of atheists escape a low birth rate and spiritual listlessness. The emperor of Japan still has incredible clout and could be a shield for the Pacific against the Red Dragon (may it perish without honor and its times be interesting). Good post, thank you.Merry Monarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186295943921770340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-55154399519947037592014-10-18T09:11:06.174-05:002014-10-18T09:11:06.174-05:00I do think that the biggest "weapon" Chi...I do think that the biggest "weapon" China has currently is its huge market, and I'm less concerned about countries being militarily defeated by China than by Chinese economic pressure persuading them to submit willingly. However, they have a population bubble that is due to bust sometime and their economy is overly-dependent on exports so that the problem is not insurmountable.<br /><br />As for the much argued-about Japanese view of history, the real problem is that there is little to no balance. One side wants to portray Japan as being the worst ever while the other side wants to deny Japan ever did anything wrong ever. It is not healthy or desirable for a country to give in to self-hatred but claiming to be morally superior and totally spotless ensures no one will listen to you because it's just absurd. Both are dishonest and Japan has nothing to fear from the facts. Every country makes mistakes but no country is "all bad".<br /><br />As for Lee Teng-hui, I have of course heard of him and would agree with much of what he says (see the post on the Japanese colonial empire), however, I would not promote him for the basic reason that I am just not in the business of promoting any republican presidents. Let him become a monarchist and then I will promote him freely.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-8783128868411615722014-10-18T08:56:30.754-05:002014-10-18T08:56:30.754-05:00I doubt it would be possible to do every one. For ...I doubt it would be possible to do every one. For some monarchies there is just not much to work with, others I would just like to see maintained & carry on doing what they are doing. What I would like to see for Canada would largely coincide with the original post on the UK; joining in a new Anglosphere alliance.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-10833240455107696772014-10-18T00:07:16.357-05:002014-10-18T00:07:16.357-05:00I totally agree with the idea for (Empire of) Japa...I totally agree with the idea for (Empire of) Japan to return back into the world stage and take up the burden of stabilizing the Far East. But there are two major problems of this process. The first problem is China-Korea-Russia, because these countries still currently hold up very huge economically power, which buff up the political power, of the world, even though many western powers are in favor of Japan being more "political aggressive", as you said in the article, they practically oppose Japan simply drawing breath, western powers will support less to Japan just because we don't want to lose the biggest buyer in the market. As the second problem is Japanese themselves. As you said the first thing they need to do is to emphasis on their Japanese traditional values. And the most important I think the Japanese should learn is the fact of the history, not "perspective the world want to impose" of history. Most Japanese scholars call the Japanese teaching as the "self-torture education". Especially for the Japanese children who were born during the Heisei Era, all they are learning is "how bad" the Empire of Japan was, "how cruel" the Japanese used to be. Young Japanese and Mid-age Japanese have already filled with the idea of "being a Japanese is a bad thing to the world history". This made the Japanese public to feel that being unable to possess military is the best way to secure the security of Japan and the best way to maintain good relationship around the world. Japan will not able to become a true powerful nation until the Japanese people overcome these two obstacle.<br />Mad Monarchist, I recommend you can learn and promote more about Lee Teng-hui(Iwasato Masao). He is the first elected president of Taiwan. He grew up under the Era of Japanese Taiwan. He is highly praise of imperialism, and especially in favor of Taiwan under rule of Empire of Japan. He is one of the few Taiwanese who willing to tell the truth and promote how Taiwan had greatly evolved into a modern state by Japanese ruled. He also suggested <br />Japan to take action to become the "police" of Far East. Lee Teng-hui suggested Japan need to have a "Heisei Restoration" just like "Meiji Restoration" in order to become one of the most important nation of the world.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04141228314130690279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-47167479950469611332014-10-17T23:27:42.215-05:002014-10-17T23:27:42.215-05:00Interesting. Are you going to do every monarchy ev...Interesting. Are you going to do every monarchy eventually? How about Canada next?Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248110528412887659noreply@blogger.com