People say the USA is a wasteland of unbridled capitalism whereas in Japan you can literally climb a mountain and find a vending machine
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Replying to @380kmh
Seriously the extent to which Japanese life is commercialized is absolutely staggering compared to the USA; everything is for sale
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At the same time, Japan is very much more traditional than we are, and has a much richer & developed culture. You can have both!
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yeah, you need a religion that supports bothpic.twitter.com/F8kAqCHx9L
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It's the only foreign cult people end up not massively resenting!
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the Japanese massively resented Buddhism and frequently persecuted Buddhist monks throughout their history tho
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Is their relationship w/ Buddhism like NW euro relation w/ Christianity?
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Replying to @bakanafighter @LokiJulianus
not really, afaict
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