@tpbella31@ElijahSchaffer Homogeneity and possibly the greatest secular culture on earth. Very limited immigration by design. “Migrants” simply not admitted. Lived there for four years in the 70s probably the best years of my family’s life.
@wheelert@ElijahSchaffer We shape our environments and our environments shape us. Even highly anti-social people are better behaved when they enter a place of beauty and awe like the sistine chapel or one of Japans many temples.
@Bostonbemis @RedLady2024 @ElijahSchaffer the difference is they're not busy running up considerable debt and deficits to maintain a global (and powerful) military footprint
@JoeHarper@ElijahSchaffer Is the culture. The first years of school they teach kids good manners, also students are the ones who clean the schools. Government and citizens keeps all clean. Also they're very strict with food quality and have the latest in technology.
@DCStars@ElijahSchaffer Japanese citizens are far more conservative compared to average US citizen, family values are higher, they have much less diversity and much higher education and they have respect for their towns and cities. I’m not saying that it’s all good but I’ve traveled to a lot of places…
@AJ_Btech @ElijahSchaffer I’ve spent months in Japan and yes, the cities there are very clean, very safe, and competently managed. I could explain why but it might get me suspended. Let’s just say that Japan is very careful about who they let into their country.
@VentureCoMining @TheCryptoLark @ElijahSchaffer No religion in China or Japan, not like how it is in the States. Religion holds society back to the stone age.
@BrownBrandon503@ElijahSchaffer From my limited experience working there, Japan has such a beautiful high-integrity culture. That unfortunately causes immense social pressures though. My favorite quote about Japan is from recent Dan Carlin Hardcore History podcast where he said that the Japanese are “just…
@matthewschone @ElijahSchaffer How soon before western tourists start having emotional breakdowns upon experiencing a high trust society for the first time ever, like ex-Soviet citizens did when visiting western supermarkets.
@Sole_Sacrifice @ElijahSchaffer What he is observing is a country with a high median IQ and a strict merit-based immigration system. The US has a massive number of violent people with low IQs and organizations like Black Lives Matter pushing criminal justice reforms to be more lenient with violent criminals.
@scottdeason78@TedNugent Pooped in his pants draft dodging faketriot pedophile Nugent has the audacity to give anyone a lecture on patriotism. Sit down