I was initially confused when I read this so I decided to search her up on wiki about her political and social positions.
Yep, she’s a piece of shit.
higginsss_ on
Says nothing about nazis. She’s talking about ww2 era Japan lmao.
wufiavelli on
Japan was out of control at all levels and overextending with no central strategic leadership. Even if they “won” it was destined to fall apart. This is not even a moral read, just a real politics one.
Radiant-Cow126 on
Those who win the wars write the history, so she is correct on that point.
And the reason that no one is coming to rescue America from our slide into fascism is that around the world, other countries are experiencing the same slide into fascism with their leaders
white_sack on
These kind of posts always leave out the rest of the quotes,
If Japan had won the war, Japan probably wouldn’t be blamed by anyone now, and those who started the war would be heroes,” she said. “When victors judge the vanquished, it creates an enduring misery of defeat and hardship for future generations. Yet I believe it is wrong for Japanese people to apologize endlessly simply for being born Japanese.”
She’s not wrong, history is written by the victor.
Informal_Process2238 on
The choice wasn’t simply conquest or colonization
Bakedfresh420 on
Yeah if they won nobody would be complaining cause they’d be citizens of the god emperor and to complain is heresy and will get the inquisition all over your ass.
JohnnyGeniusIsAlive on
Japan killed an estimated 7.5 million civilians during WW2.
Rhewin on
Apparently “never again” just meant a few generations.
Content-Ad-4104 on
“Japan probably wouldn’t be blamed by anyone now”
Well, assuming the Imperial Japanese forces left *any* Korean, Chinese, Malay, or other South Asian/Pacific Islander civilians alive, I would guess they’d still have strong opinions about who to blame.
Mark_Michigan on
I miss the days when leftists could at least use words without slandering most of the country and pissing on the memory of real heroes who fought real enemies.
OP can take his or her nazi slanders and shove it up his or her ass.
MadV1llain on
Her comments also ignore the fact that Japan entered the war seeking to take advantage of the situation to gain additional land in the pacific (Philippines / Indonesia) so they could have organic rubber and gas resources.
themorbidtuna on
See: The Man in the High Castle.
EmperorMeow-Meow on
She’s not wrong.
History books are written by conquerors, not by the conquered.
Imagine if history books have been written by native Americans. I am pretty sure American history would look very very different than it does now.
Modred_the_Mystic on
Japan could simply have not invaded China, raping and murdering millions of people. The rest of the Japanese WW2 experience doesn’t exist without that.
They could have also not raped and murdered their way across the Pacific, as well
gnome_ole on
Yo, NANKING, ya freaking cannibals.
Adamant_Talisman on
Trump unleashed a mind plague on the leaders of the world. The only ones holding theirs in check is Germany.
X-tian-9101 on
So Japan just elected their version of Georgia Meloni, another fascist sympathizer. As an american who vehemently opposes fascism and this terrible administration that revels in cruelty and malice, it terrifies me that our fascism has spread like a festering disease throughout all the world. I know that little pockets of it have always existed everywhere, but ours unfortunately seems to have enabled the fascism lurking in other parts of the world.
TaxLawKingGA on
“If Japan had won the war, the Japan probably wouldn’t be blamed by anyone now..”
🤔
The logic reflected in that statement is stupefying.
frozensoysauce1 on
I recently went to watch a rerun of Battle Royale at the movie theatre, and before the movie started, the director’s son did a little opening video explaining the movie and the choices of the director. And what struck me as odd was the phrasing of some of his statements on ww2, of this same nature.
I grew up in Italy, and my grandpa knew fascism pretty intimately as he grew up through it, and we still talk about partigiani. And it’s so weird to think of what people in my country went through at that time (essentially civil war based on loyalty to a dictator, they would bury their neighbors alive) and frame it as “oh Italy lost the war”. We CELEBRATED liberation from the Nazis and the Fascists. People died to make it happen.
It’s so baffling that he was saying Japan lost the war, and decided to take a nonviolent path, and Battle Royale (of all movies) shows how Japan tried to set itself straight and ultimately chose non violence. I thought it was a wild take.
Fruloops on
Well, she’s not wrong, had they won, they would’ve written the history books. But yeah, it’s a disgusting take on the entire period and the Japanese atrocities during the war / period.
Werftflammen on
No, it would still be bad. Napoleon is revered for his military prowess but he was also a mass murderer.
JuneBization on
History written by the winners so she right. But either way F Nazis
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I was initially confused when I read this so I decided to search her up on wiki about her political and social positions.
Yep, she’s a piece of shit.
Says nothing about nazis. She’s talking about ww2 era Japan lmao.
Japan was out of control at all levels and overextending with no central strategic leadership. Even if they “won” it was destined to fall apart. This is not even a moral read, just a real politics one.
Those who win the wars write the history, so she is correct on that point.
And the reason that no one is coming to rescue America from our slide into fascism is that around the world, other countries are experiencing the same slide into fascism with their leaders
These kind of posts always leave out the rest of the quotes,
If Japan had won the war, Japan probably wouldn’t be blamed by anyone now, and those who started the war would be heroes,” she said. “When victors judge the vanquished, it creates an enduring misery of defeat and hardship for future generations. Yet I believe it is wrong for Japanese people to apologize endlessly simply for being born Japanese.”
She’s not wrong, history is written by the victor.
The choice wasn’t simply conquest or colonization
Yeah if they won nobody would be complaining cause they’d be citizens of the god emperor and to complain is heresy and will get the inquisition all over your ass.
Japan killed an estimated 7.5 million civilians during WW2.
Apparently “never again” just meant a few generations.
“Japan probably wouldn’t be blamed by anyone now”
Well, assuming the Imperial Japanese forces left *any* Korean, Chinese, Malay, or other South Asian/Pacific Islander civilians alive, I would guess they’d still have strong opinions about who to blame.
I miss the days when leftists could at least use words without slandering most of the country and pissing on the memory of real heroes who fought real enemies.
OP can take his or her nazi slanders and shove it up his or her ass.
Her comments also ignore the fact that Japan entered the war seeking to take advantage of the situation to gain additional land in the pacific (Philippines / Indonesia) so they could have organic rubber and gas resources.
See: The Man in the High Castle.
She’s not wrong.
History books are written by conquerors, not by the conquered.
Imagine if history books have been written by native Americans. I am pretty sure American history would look very very different than it does now.
Japan could simply have not invaded China, raping and murdering millions of people. The rest of the Japanese WW2 experience doesn’t exist without that.
They could have also not raped and murdered their way across the Pacific, as well
Yo, NANKING, ya freaking cannibals.
Trump unleashed a mind plague on the leaders of the world. The only ones holding theirs in check is Germany.
So Japan just elected their version of Georgia Meloni, another fascist sympathizer. As an american who vehemently opposes fascism and this terrible administration that revels in cruelty and malice, it terrifies me that our fascism has spread like a festering disease throughout all the world. I know that little pockets of it have always existed everywhere, but ours unfortunately seems to have enabled the fascism lurking in other parts of the world.
“If Japan had won the war, the Japan probably wouldn’t be blamed by anyone now..”
🤔
The logic reflected in that statement is stupefying.
I recently went to watch a rerun of Battle Royale at the movie theatre, and before the movie started, the director’s son did a little opening video explaining the movie and the choices of the director. And what struck me as odd was the phrasing of some of his statements on ww2, of this same nature.
I grew up in Italy, and my grandpa knew fascism pretty intimately as he grew up through it, and we still talk about partigiani. And it’s so weird to think of what people in my country went through at that time (essentially civil war based on loyalty to a dictator, they would bury their neighbors alive) and frame it as “oh Italy lost the war”. We CELEBRATED liberation from the Nazis and the Fascists. People died to make it happen.
It’s so baffling that he was saying Japan lost the war, and decided to take a nonviolent path, and Battle Royale (of all movies) shows how Japan tried to set itself straight and ultimately chose non violence. I thought it was a wild take.
Well, she’s not wrong, had they won, they would’ve written the history books. But yeah, it’s a disgusting take on the entire period and the Japanese atrocities during the war / period.
No, it would still be bad. Napoleon is revered for his military prowess but he was also a mass murderer.
History written by the winners so she right. But either way F Nazis