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1 year ago 08/12/2024 5:20pm EDT

re: Ghjvc

Ghjvc wrote:
They have a great culture of athletics in Japan, a lot of people participate and follow the sport. They have enough integrity to not dope or import foreign athletes like the gulf states or the west (Portugal and Spain in looking at you). They came in fourth in the overall medal table with 20 golds so I think they’re doing fine. With more money and investment in athletics they can probably find a few more medal contenders but they’re doing fine as a society so their money is obviously being put to good use. They have a high educated and unified population, a safe society and have arguably the best infrastructure system in the world. Unlike countries like China or here in the US where billions are being spent in sport while the country falls apart physically and socially.

They constantly have biz scandals. Toshiba in 2015 overstated $1 Billion in revenue. Sounds like Trump Media.

They all are tied back to Nippon and the other 3 biggies.

Honda/Toyota ect suppliers are "taken care of"

It's no different then the Mafia.

1 year ago 08/12/2024 5:24pm EDT

re: Respect Japan

Respect Japan wrote:
If we could exchange batons like them we would never lose a relay

Seriously. Them and China are very well drilled in the 4x100.

1 year ago 08/12/2024 5:32pm EDT

re: Ghjvc

Ghjvc wrote:
The whole developed/developing world is facing a demographic crisis. Japan’s fertility rate of 1.3 is only slightly lower than the US’ 1.6 and Canada’s 1.4. The only reason why we here in the West are not facing the same type of “existential crisis” is because of mass migration, that’s the only difference between the demographic situation in Japan and the West. They are, however, aging gracefully and adapting to the new realities while keeping their culture and social harmony. They’re Japanese now and they will still have their culture and identity in 100 years, even if their current population halves. Meanwhile we here in the West confront this issue of lower fertility rates by importing millions of people a year and all the problems that it brings all because it benefits the big corporations and the rich. So yes, the Japanese are doing fine as a society. I point remains about countries like the US spending billions on things like sport while our society falls apart. Schools are physically falling a part due to lack of repair, roads and other physical infrastructure are in decay and crumbling. Society is getting more and more divided and unequal. The billions spent at the Olympics could be used for those things.

Not Just Mass Immigration, The USA has The Global World Reserve Currency and can continue Deficet Spending Forever as The USA Can Print Money Endlessly, yes it increases Inflation, but the Solution is to just print more money, We are 35 Trillion in Debt and climbing, but it does not matter if it is 35 or 50 or 100 or 500 Trillion etc. as The USA can just print more. Yes Millions of regular People are suffering, going homeless, turning to drugs as an escape, but the people that really matter are fine, and they control both Political Parties, So if someone tries to do good for Regular People, they will be stopped with the checks and balances and the fact most Politicians are just like Streetwalker Prostitutes who can and usually are bought and this will not change in our lifetimes or future generations lifetimes.

1 year ago 08/12/2024 5:33pm EDT

re: Fujirunna

Athletics is just not a popular sport in Japan. For them, it's all about the marathon/ekiden, nothing else.

1 year ago 08/12/2024 5:56pm EDT

re: Fujirunna

The Japanese are obsessed with being really good at distance running. They are obsessed with hundreds of them being really good. They have all these ekidens, and all their corporations have big teams, and they take it very seriously.

But none of them are obsessed with being the very best. They are content for merely hundreds of them to be really good.

The legendary Yuki Kawauichi has never been close to being the best marathoner, but you can't deny he's really good and runs a mind-boggling crapload of pretty fast marathons.

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