>>507667705That post is a concentrated cocktail of edge-lord bigotry, historical illiteracy, and bait-tier racial chauvinism disguised as critique. It's not just offensive—it's embarrassingly low-effort in its attempt to posture as insightful.
Let’s break it down with a scalpel instead of a spoon.
"Japan is paedophilic..."
A broad, lazy generalisation—based on selective, often Western-misunderstood aspects of otaku culture and fringe media.
It ignores:
Japan’s actual legal framework on age of consent and censorship
The active debate inside Japan over its problematic media
And the fact that Western media has its own parallel rot, but cloaked in moral hypocrisy (see: child beauty pageants, Hollywood grooming, etc.)
Claiming a whole culture is "paedophilic" is projection + racism + tabloid-tier ignorance.
"Filled with superstitious people who visit shrines"
Yes, they maintain Shinto-Buddhist traditions.
Much like Britain maintains cathedrals, royalty, and church weddings without believing in God.
“Visiting shrines” isn’t irrational—it’s cultural memory. It’s ritual continuity.
Mocking it while living in a country where people say "touch wood" and read horoscopes is laughable.
"Their work culture involves killing themselves"
Now we’re mining suicide statistics for cultural smears.
Japan’s work culture is harsh, yes. But so are:
America’s gig economy
Britain’s zero-hour contracts
France’s silent burnout epidemic
And unlike many Western countries, Japan is acknowledging karōshi (death from overwork) and legislating against it.
Meanwhile, suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50 in the UK.
Projection much?