I had originally not wanted to comment anymore on the thread. However, TS continued comments in praise of the jappies made me want to respond to his views.
He again seem to time and again emphasized the jap attention to details, neatness and throughout and executed plans as reflected, even in the streets.
I ask, so what? He seem to imply, in his view, because China and the Chinese do not seem to be able to work in similar fashion as the japs, somehow, in comparison, China is more backward, maybe able to achieve less than what the japs could do….but then, at the moment, who is making great economic strides year after year and soon, or already achieved the world’s number one economy status and who is the cuntry mired in a 20 year deflationary cycle, unable to get out of it?
SO WHAT? The germans too are very well known as a people for being detailed, precise and execute well thought out plans. During WW2, it has been found, germans even use the ibm machines to keep track, account and execute their ‘final solution’ against the jews. Imagine six million people just sent to their deaths, in the process, all their wealth, possessions, accumulated for generations got systematically robbed by the germans. They even collected the teeth and hair of the victims for use in some way to benefit the war torn german economy. So what? Do we then clap out hands and celebrate such a fantastic feat of racial, ethnic genocide and praise the germans for such a great deed….come on, it is not easy, logistically to manage to herd six million people to their deaths and harvest their wealth in the process. Such a crime against humanity and open robbery was and still is unprecedented in human history, except when we take a closer comparison with what the japs did. The japs might have done even a better more precise job against China, Korea and the rest of Asia. Let’s take a look.
The japs, being detailed as ‘praised’ more or less were able to execute their war plans ‘perfectly’. They surprised the amerigos with a direct destruction of their hawaii naval base so that uarsesA could not use their naval power to stop the jap mighty sweep down S E Asia. When the japs execute their sook ching operations in China, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, it was said and observed that they had already detailed plans of how to execute such genocidal plans – they already had lists of ‘anti-jap’ locals whom they wanted to arrest and execute, even before they conquered each SE Asian country. They had plans for how the local population were to be ‘taxed’ to punish their support of ‘anti jappie’ invasion and how comfort women were to be gathered for the entertainment of their troops. All the actions which went to support and sustain the great jap drive to build their imperial empire!!! So, do we also clap our hands and say, well done jappie dogs, you did very well to rob and increase the wealth of the jappie imperials by executing this tremendous logistical deed against the peoples of Asia!!!!
Not forgetting too another seldom discussed and not well known ‘genocidal’ deed by the japs, the murders and robbing of 20 million North Eastern Chinese people during WW2. Sooner or later, some researcher is going to uncover this great feat…do we then also celebrate such great attention to details for the japs to managed killing 20 million people and robbing the resources of the North East …a deed worse or better???? than the german killing and robbing of 6 million jews???.
One must ask the question – what or how do the ordinary germans and japs feel about such abdominal deeds of mass genocide? Besides the usual excuses of ‘…I am only following orders’, ‘…I have no choice or else I myself would be harmed’…there were also inventive ones like ‘…the propaganda media machines kept us in the dark…we don’t know anything…so could not do anything…” The jap simbums ran daily and weekly contests to celebrate the ‘execution champions’ – laughable bushido warriors who were able to cut off the most heads of the Chinese victims, kill the Chinese in the most inventive and atrocious manner….” Hirohito was pictured, time and again, on page one simbum dancing in glee over the conquest of one Chinese City after another…North East, Nanking, Beijing, …..
The german presses also celebrated and reported the drive of the army into europe…each time one european country fell under german boots, they clapped….So are we still able to accept the excuse that the japs and germans do not know of these genocides? Other than following orders, I do not know, being detailed and presumably educated and knowledgeable, would the germans and japs not think for themselves….no, no, killing other people on a mass scale is a no, no….it is immoral, inhuman….just like killing dogs and cats and eating people are no…no….
If we look at what the germans and japs did in atonement of their genocides, the contrasts were stark and obvious. The germans admitted to their deeds. Straight away, they suffered the splitting of their german land into east and west, they got occupied by the soviets and the allies. They admitted their crimes against humanities, some who could be caught got sentenced to death or prison sentences…germans vowed, never ever to do such a genocidal deed again!!
In contrast, the japs had it good. The japs had their imperial system intact….hirohito continued to dance his dances in celebration of past glories in his palace. Then, the amerigos had a great idea….in order to prevent the recovery and rise of China, the spread of Chinese Communism, the jappies were given great help technologically and financially to improve productivity and drive their economy towards the successes of the 60s, 70s, 80s…so much so, jappies in turn became the gurus of the amerigos and europeans for productivity and industrial progress…this was the early amerigo ‘pivot in Asia’.
….the jappies, NEVER openly and officially say sorry to any of the countries or peoples in Asia who suffered under their imperial broken dreams…whatever compensation they offered to victims and comfort women were dispensed with reluctance and miserly. Whatever help they provided to Asian countries in improving their industry systems and productivities were investments made in anticipation of the opening of greater markets for jappie products and profits….japs NEVER SAID SORRY.….
So what do we made of the above? Even if the japs are detailed and precise so what? Do they respect other people and humanity as a whole…seriously no. They are now trying to change their war time constitution in order to be armed….one day, their imperial ambitions will be revived again…that is the worry of the peoples of Asia.
If the japs are so good because they are precise and detailed…why is it that they are mired in a 20 year deflationary cycle? Unable to get out of the death traps? Why are they not number two or three economically like in the 70s and 80s?
The reason of course, already mentioned, they are homogenous and homogenously dense …they dare not do the necessary or anything different to save their economy. At the base level, for example, we are talking about their unwillingness to change the system, for to do so would thread on many many self and built in interests and reduction of privileges for the elites….they know it is not right…..the patronage system whereby retired civil servants who just before or after retirement get sinecures from the very organizations they monitored for legal & regulatory compliance in the past.. a big conflict of interest…yet they continued with the system…which jappie civil servant in his right mind, who at the age of 50+ or 60, does not want to have another guaranteed iron rice bowl, even if means to work for the very organizations they monitored in the past and that is morally and ethically incorrect…they don’t want to change the system, the privileges, the benefits…even if the cuntry is mired in a 20 year deflationary cycle….don’t change, don’t rock the boat…continue to enjoy your beneftis….let the cuntry be dammed!!!!
If we look at China, again we see big contrasts – they just got out of the disastrous Cultural Revolution when the initiator died in 1976…the country is mired in economic difficulties…the power that be would have let things be and continued with the system of governance. Luckily, there were enough nationalistic and country loving people around…they know to let the gang of four continue with their regime would be disastrous….they then overthrew the GOF, throw out the remnants of revolutionary elements, get rid of the in built self interests and in the process offended many many old cadres. Teng was condemned and called a revisionist, an anti revolutionary. His life was in great danger.
But the country was still in trouble, tethering on the brink of collapse by the centrally planned system. That was why the leaders bravely went on in mid to late 80s to visit various countries and try to learn how to turn in better economic results…..the result was a gradual retreat of the centrally planned system on to one that motivates the people to work hard, for themselves….if they are successful, others will follow. The rest is history…
Today, if we look at China and japs, we see a world of difference. One is rising towards world number one economy….great strides in science, technology, industry, in many cases beyond what amerigo and euros did or able to do. Space, science, patents….. In contrast, the latter is still struggling along with negative interest rates and massive printing of money to maintain the dying economy.
The big difference between the two countries is just that, the Chinese powers that be are willing to change the system, destroying built in self-interests and offending the elites – all for the better good of the country and the welfare of the people. They are revolutionaries without the violence but no less deadly against established interests.
Of course, we cannot totally blame the japs for their unwilling to change and improve. The same happens in amerigo. We now have a revolutionary who knows the problem, wanted to reform the existing system, reduce the federal reserve powers, rein in the bankers, their privileges and their robbery of the financial system. But, so long as bi partisan politics continue to exist, it will be hard for Trump to succeed in his drive to make America Great Again. The established self interests have ensured that his every move and new policy improvement is opposed and defeated. Very sad for such a country with potential……unless, they really are able to produce a great revolutionary to lead and put the country into a new and different path of development.
But China still has problems…big problems. 20 years of economic progress had produced a new class of elites and the rich, ready to defend and oppose moves to reform and improvement. Corruption and mal practices remain rampant. It is a big test for the present leadership to overcome such inertia and try new ways to improve the system and put the country towards a path of continued economic success. If they are able and willing to ensure that heads that need to roll in order for the country to progress, the heads indeed roll off the disease body, and be replaced by heads with visions and plans for greater success. No one can guarantee or know of the results in the future, but if they indeed do the right things at the present, just as what Teng did in the early 90s, then there is great hope that the potentials of China will finally be fully exercised and the country takes its rightful place as the first amongst equals amongst nations.
Finally, what of the much praised jap attention to details and great execution of plans? It is just but one feature out of the so many factors that ensure whether a country can be successful or not. All these factors need to be properly harnessed, by nationalistic, country loving leaders who are willing to challenge the norm, change the system, offend the self interests….if not the country will still remain for the next 50 years (if they can last that long) in a deflationary cycle and eventually implode towards total collapse….
Just so little for the destinies of failed bushido progenies,,,,
Cheers.
It stems from conservatism and that is why Singapore's progressive money grubbing Mandarin class is doomed to lead the country to mediocrity.
