• superkret@feddit.org
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      12 days ago

      No country in South America, Africa or Asia is part of “the west”.
      I admit I forgot Canada and New Zealand, as is tradition.

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        12 days ago

        Japan and South Korea aren’t in Asia? I’d certainly count them as “western”, especially Japan. if I’m feeling especially generous I might provisionally include Brazil too.

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          12 days ago

          I wouldn’t. You’re mistaking countries under the thumb of the West as being the West

          WWII and Korea are how those countries came about their position today. I don’t think they’re entirely against their position but they don’t have a seat at the table like the others do

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            12 days ago

            Japan’s the third largest economy in the world and they aligned themselves with the West in the Meiji restoration. they sought imperial conquest of their neighbors in the 1900s. what more do you want for them to be the West

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              11 days ago

              Not willingly. This is a core tenet of meoliberalism.

              Japan has blurred porn because of the US. Any laws Japan has made that US citizens have to follow? Nope. How many Japanese military bases exist in America. 0.

              They do not have an equal seat at the table.