• Tudsamfa@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      So you would say it’s fair if he had said “It’s called Japan” instead? They glorify their recent past as well.

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        22 hours ago

        If by recent past you mean the genocides in their most recent wars with their neighbors then yes, I would say that would qualify them to be made fun of in that way. If you just mean some industrial successes in the 1980s, not so much.