both societies were hit pretty hard by economic troubles and other factors over the last 30-40 years
and the "system" itself is so fucking complex with everything doing a butterfly effect and rippling into and effecting something else, it's hard to pick a singular cause and effect factor and draw conclusions about it
power dynamic shift with women having like a 500% increase in college degrees and well paying jobs, while simultaneously everyone is under a mountain of debt and its never been easier to isolate and ignore the world..etc..etc
japan does seem to be a little ahead of the curve of all this compared to us and it's getting weirder over there by the day
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