Top countries for quality of life (spoiler the US and Venezuela not on it)
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Yeah no matter the shit people will figure out lines to squabble over
I randomly watched some documentary on fuedal Japan and those motherfuckers have been fucking around with each other for like 3000 years. Only recently are they somewhat a single group. -
My comment @Squirt was not an endorsement of Japan's policies.Squirt said:
I'm late to the party, but I gotta comment on this notion. Fuck off with this ethnic-cohesion shit. There's not a country on the planet that hasn't suffered from violent internal conflict despite ethnic "cohesion." Places like Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, etc. aren't timeless polities that have enjoyed internal harmony for centuries. Japan's social cohesion has as much to do with income equality, its social-safety net, and anime as anything else.YellowSnow said:Being the most homogenous large nation on Earth does wonders for social cohesion. They have no one to blame but themselves when shit goes wrong.
I sound like I care. I'm going to look at pictures of boobs to calm myself down.
And piss off with comparing Japan to Italy, Spain, France, Germany, etc. Completely different history in terms of their development as a nation-state.
is·land
/ˈīlənd/
noun
noun: island; plural noun: islands
1.
a piece of land surrounded by water.
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FREE PUB!!!!1! Not sure if you meant the double meaning, but I laughed.YellowSnow said:My comment @Squirt was not an endorsement of Japan's policies.
And piss off with comparing Japan to Italy, Spain, France, Germany, etc. Completely different history in terms of their development as a nation-state.
is·land
/ˈīlənd/
noun
noun: island; plural noun: islands
1.
a piece of land surrounded by water.
Your original comment didn't say anything about Japan being an island nation.
My point is that there are few, if any, historical examples of ethnic groups enjoying unbroken histories of political and social cohesion. -
Just on general principle, YKW.Squirt said:
I'm late to the party, but I gotta comment on this notion. Fuck off with this ethnic-cohesion shit. There's not a country on the planet that hasn't suffered from violent internal conflict despite ethnic "cohesion." Places like Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, etc. aren't timeless polities that have enjoyed internal harmony for centuries. Japan's social cohesion has as much to do with income equality, its social-safety net, and anime as anything else.YellowSnow said:Being the most homogenous large nation on Earth does wonders for social cohesion. They have no one to blame but themselves when shit goes wrong.
I sound like I care. I'm going to look at pictures of boobs to calm myself down.
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Imitation - i.e., piss handle - is the sincerest form of flattery. Thank you.Squirt said:
FREE PUB!!!!1! Not sure if you meant the double meaning, but I laughed.YellowSnow said:My comment @Squirt was not an endorsement of Japan's policies.
And piss off with comparing Japan to Italy, Spain, France, Germany, etc. Completely different history in terms of their development as a nation-state.
is·land
/ˈīlənd/
noun
noun: island; plural noun: islands
1.
a piece of land surrounded by water.
Your original comment didn't say anything about Japan being an island nation.
My point is that there are few, if any, historical examples of ethnic groups enjoying unbroken histories of political and social cohesion.
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Hardy har haroregonblitzkrieg said:Why do I get the feeling this thread is a setup and a socialism-in-Scandinavia argument is incoming?
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Fuck you I wear a Breitling.Swaye said:Grand Seiko watches rival anything the Swiss make. Post WW2 Japs are cool. Pre-WW2 Japs are little yellow bastards.
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Fuck you I wear a Breitling.Swaye said:Grand Seiko watches rival anything the Swiss make. Post WW2 Japs are cool. Pre-WW2 Japs are little yellow bastards.
And yes my Mondaine Swiss Railways watch (backup) doesn't need to be wound. But that's not the point with one of these. My wife doesn't get it either.
Anyway, I like the Crosseind Special because it's a Breitling without being over the top.
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That thing is so busy. Way too much shit going on.AZDuck said:
Fuck you I wear a Breitling.Swaye said:Grand Seiko watches rival anything the Swiss make. Post WW2 Japs are cool. Pre-WW2 Japs are little yellow bastards.
And yes my Mondaine Swiss Railways watch (backup) doesn't need to be wound. But that's not the point with one of these. My wife doesn't get it either.
Anyway, I like the Crosseind Special because it's a Breitling without being over the top. -
https://youtu.be/3WOTuiBG9zg