Daiki: Why Japan-bash?
Chariya: Yeah, this statement could be made about almost any country in the world.
Bhäraté: I think we should conceptualize democracy as a spectrum. Perfect democracy, like absolute zero, is never realized.
However, even if ideals are never realized, they still have value.
An-Yi: Hmm. I prefer to think of it as a marketing ploy. "Democracy" seems like a worn-out cliche to me.

Demokurashii A La Japon


If Japan izz ahh democracy
then why can't people select
their own Prime Minister?

If Japan izz ahh democracy
why zits Constitution
largely ignored?

If Japan izz ahh democracy
why argh so many decisions made
in private?

If Japan izz ahh democracy
then why izz discrimination
a matter of course?

Wake up -
Nippon is simply a complex oligarchy
in which daimyo elites
are essentially regal lords.

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