NationStates

My Political Fantasy wrote:The co-prosperity sphere from what I've read was created to benefit the Japanese home islands because they lacked natural resources. It sounds like a euphemism for Japanese autarky if you think about it.

Ethel mermania wrote:

My Political Fantasy wrote:The co-prosperity sphere from what I've read was created to benefit the Japanese home islands because they lacked natural resources. It sounds like a euphemism for Japanese autarky if you think about it.

Marketing. "Asia for the Asiatics" was the catchphrase

My Political Fantasy wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:Marketing. "Asia for the Asiatics" was the catchphrase

"Imperial Japanese Free Trade Zone"

Ethel mermania wrote:

My Political Fantasy wrote:"Imperial Japanese Free Trade Zone"

How could the IMF not love it?

My Political Fantasy wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:How could the IMF not love it?

Hitler and Hirohito were trying to create their own version of NAFTA, that's all.

Ethel mermania wrote:

My Political Fantasy wrote:The co-prosperity sphere from what I've read was created to benefit the Japanese home islands because they lacked natural resources. It sounds like a euphemism for Japanese autarky if you think about it.

Marketing. "Asia for the Asiatics" was the catchphrase

Picairn wrote:

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:Really? You don’t. So I guess you need to see them. My oldest account is actually in 2016-2017 lol.

I don't care. You defend genocidal empires, unironically support a Jewish supremacist militant group, advocate for WW3 against China, then backtrack when people mirror your proposals. In my book you're generally a horrible person.

Picairn wrote:

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:I’m here to maximize the amount of cattiness on NSG by following existing logic and forcing hoomanz to be consistent. Since hoomanz are hypocritical as hell everyone hates me. Yay!

Everyone hates you because of the reasons I cited.

Kubra wrote:It's really depressing to think that it was well meaning liberals who dreamed up the co-prosperity sphere and had to live through the army turning it into a Frankenstein monster

My Political Fantasy wrote:

Kubra wrote:It's really depressing to think that it was well meaning liberals who dreamed up the co-prosperity sphere and had to live through the army turning it into a Frankenstein monster

You can make the most horrible actions, concepts, ideas, or objects and turn them into euphemisms to make them socially acceptable to hide your real goals.

Borderlands of Rojava wrote:

My Political Fantasy wrote:You can make the most horrible actions, concepts, ideas, or objects and turn them into euphemisms to make them socially acceptable to hide your real goals.

Like "the super adventure club."

Rusozak wrote:Jesus, people need to go outside or something and stop defending Japan's war atrocities because of anime girls or whatever. If you think Japanese colonialism and events like the rape of Nanjing and Bhutan Death March were a good thing, kindly re-examine your moral alignment.

Borderlands of Rojava wrote:

Rusozak wrote:Jesus, people need to go outside or something and stop defending Japan's war atrocities because of anime girls or whatever. If you think Japanese colonialism and events like the rape of Nanjing and Bhutan Death March were a good thing, kindly re-examine your moral alignment.

Batan death March. Thankfully the kingdom of Bhutan was spared the horror more than its neighbors.

Rusozak wrote:Jesus, people need to go outside or something and stop defending Japan's war atrocities because of anime girls or whatever. If you think Japanese colonialism and events like the rape of Nanjing and Bataan Death March were a good thing, kindly re-examine your moral alignment.

Salus Maior wrote:

Rusozak wrote:Jesus, people need to go outside or something and stop defending Japan's war atrocities because of anime girls or whatever. If you think Japanese colonialism and events like the rape of Nanjing and Bataan Death March were a good thing, kindly re-examine your moral alignment.

Japanese war atrocities are not as well known, especially compared to things like the Holocaust and other things the Germans did.

Ethel mermania wrote:

Salus Maior wrote:
Japanese war atrocities are not as well known, especially compared to things like the Holocaust and other things the Germans did.

Not in Europe or America, the Asian nations have not forgotten

New Visayan Islands wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:Not in Europe or America, the Asian nations have not forgotten

And in the case of some nations impacted the hardest, they have not quite forgiven.

Rusozak wrote:

New Visayan Islands wrote:And in the case of some nations impacted the hardest, they have not quite forgiven.

Understandably so. Around here when people think of Japan they think anime and robots and pop culture. I'm sure walking around with a rising sun t shirt hits differently in the Philippines.

Nekostan-e Sharqi wrote:I even started sites on Nabble to “liberate NS” for lulz. I’m really just a huge troll.

Rusozak wrote:

Borderlands of Rojava wrote:
Batan death March. Thankfully the kingdom of Bhutan was spared the horror more than its neighbors.

Whoops. Sometimes mix the names up.

My Political Fantasy wrote:

Kubra wrote:It's really depressing to think that it was well meaning liberals who dreamed up the co-prosperity sphere and had to live through the army turning it into a Frankenstein monster

You can make the most horrible actions, concepts, ideas, or objects and turn them into euphemisms to make them socially acceptable to hide your real goals.