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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] 9 points 8 months ago

The US deliberately crashed their economy in the 90s because they were outcompeting them on key industries.

And the “lost decade” of the nineties has lasted like 35 years now.