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Old 2022-07-09, 20:46   Link #38
mangamuscle
formerly ogon bat
 
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Mexico
Age: 53
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Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo View Post
Ironically Abe was also fascinated with violence - which partly explains his obsession with trashing the pacifist postwar constitution (which was never supported by the majority of the Japanese public and earned him the lasting enmity of the Imperial family).
I would rather say he was fascinated with imperialism, just another old man yearning for military conquests from the past. I would say leaders as "fascinated with violence" are the likes of putin or saudi arabia ruling prince, who torture and/or kill anyone deemed to be a nuisance to their rule.

I will now share my not popular opinion. While I do not condone homicide, in the long run this might be positive for japan, because the concentration of political power in just one man is the antithesis of democracy and does not benefit a nation (see russia, turkey venezuela, cuba, etc.).
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