Abdication, Succession and Japan’s Imperial Future: An Emperor’s Dilemma

Post by option » Tue, May 21, 2019, 2:56 AM UTC

TomMckenny wrote: post #19

sdrothrock wrote: post #9

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It's 2019 and people still like to mock cultures and traditions blindly. The article does a pretty good job of explaining a lot of the situation in a grounded, rational way -- especially concerns over the uses and potential abuses of taxpayer money. The US essentially deifies the Founding Fathers even though we're living in a world with influences and technologies they could never have anticipated. Why is it ok care…

I'd say the grand parent view comes from an uneasiness at anything hereditary, although there's much less objection to hereditary wealth for some reason. So I'd say it comes from a dichotomy between hereditary wealth and hereditary power, although it's well known that monarchs in democracies are tightly constrained while hereditary wealth brings hereditary power. It might be the inevitable tie between monarchy and re…

Post by geofft » Tue, May 21, 2019, 3:16 AM UTC

option wrote: post #20

sdrothrock wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's 2019 and people still like to mock cultures and traditions blindly. The article does a pretty good job of explaining a lot of the situation in a grounded, rational way -- especially concerns over the uses and potential abuses of taxpayer money. The US essentially deifies the Founding Fathers even though we're living in a world with influences and technologies they could never have anticipated. Why is it ok care…

Some cultures do need to be mocked. Obvious example - women should be treated equal to men, whatever your culture is. The developed world has some aspects which should be mocked too and monarchy is one of them.

Post by option » Tue, May 21, 2019, 3:25 AM UTC

geofft wrote: post #23

option wrote: post #20

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Some cultures do need to be mocked. Obvious example - women should be treated equal to men, whatever your culture is. The developed world has some aspects which should be mocked too and monarchy is one of them.

It's 2019 and you still distinguish "women" and "men" as categories? How backwards and oppressive. Let me mock you instead of trying to understand what you are saying and trying to help you understand what I am saying.

Post by dragonwriter » Tue, May 21, 2019, 3:41 AM UTC

TomMckenny wrote: post #19

sdrothrock wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's 2019 and people still like to mock cultures and traditions blindly. The article does a pretty good job of explaining a lot of the situation in a grounded, rational way -- especially concerns over the uses and potential abuses of taxpayer money. The US essentially deifies the Founding Fathers even though we're living in a world with influences and technologies they could never have anticipated. Why is it ok care…

I'd say the grand parent view comes from an uneasiness at anything hereditary, although there's much less objection to hereditary wealth for some reason. So I'd say it comes from a dichotomy between hereditary wealth and hereditary power, although it's well known that monarchs in democracies are tightly constrained while hereditary wealth brings hereditary power. It might be the inevitable tie between monarchy and re…

Post by tomhoward » Tue, May 21, 2019, 4:48 AM UTC

option wrote: post #20

sdrothrock wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's 2019 and people still like to mock cultures and traditions blindly. The article does a pretty good job of explaining a lot of the situation in a grounded, rational way -- especially concerns over the uses and potential abuses of taxpayer money. The US essentially deifies the Founding Fathers even though we're living in a world with influences and technologies they could never have anticipated. Why is it ok care…

Some cultures do need to be mocked. Obvious example - women should be treated equal to men, whatever your culture is. The developed world has some aspects which should be mocked too and monarchy is one of them.