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Is Japan considered formerly colonized? Why did it seem to go better for Japan than many other colonies? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm not saying that things were hunky-dory by any stretch, but looking at the horror stories from most of the world, Japan seems tonhave been considerably less fucked over. Why?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Japan was economically colonized but not settler-colonized. The main reason material conditions are relatively good there compared to the global south is that the west found them useful against Russia and China in the cold war.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

It was also instrumental as an arms manufacturing base for the U.S.' attempted genocide of True Korea.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think the main reason is because they were already industrialized

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Didn't the US also do a load of tech-transfers similar to Korea after their respective wars were over? Sure helps re-industrizaling when you just get given a whole load of cash along with blueprints for factories.