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Korean President Yoon sits idly by as Japan tears down memorial to Korean forced laborers (english.hani.co.kr)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Japan never really had an uprising though. It's weird that they went from American enemy number one to super friendly in like 30 years. But I'm not very educated on this subject so feel free to correct me here.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You’re right, they had no uprising. The US wanted a client state in the region, so in the reconstruction it installed a bourgeois democracy that was and is subservient to it. We still have dozens of military bases there, despite the complaints & protests of Japanese residents.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

for those who don't want to go through wiki articles, what he means is essentially after wwii, the US was like o shit communism. better be friends with Japan so we can install a bunch of army bases so we can have control in that area. Japan, ravaged by war, was just like... ok. which is why they get a lot of passes in western society for the shit they pulled in history. the end.