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Enjoyed the post. What’s the ideology of these said terrorists? A terrorists need an ideology. Meanwhile social media is one of the worst terrorist weapons to have been created. Most posts are in themselves acts of terrorism.

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Jun 20·edited Jun 20Liked by Leon

The ideology is individualism, in a nation where the greatest-known saying is "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down".

(There is a corollary to this: "the nail that sticks out too far does *not* get hammered down".

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Jun 20·edited Jun 23Liked by Leon

You could also have mentioned the Kobe University incident from March, where their badminton team smashed up the inn they were staying at (on camera).

My favorite gif of the year so far: the exact moment they throw one member up in the air and his head penetrates the ceiling. It seems no injuries were sustained, which just proves there’s never a concussion around when you need one: https://x.com/tkzwgrs/status/1770344633568047432

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That was wild, I guess you're right that it is in the same vein

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"Maybe we can have it all. Maybe we can still harshly judge and prosecute those who spread viral infections for the sake of viral trends. Maybe we can also treat those working pretty difficult roles with more dignity and even more money? Maybe we will live in a better society tomorrow than today." – You hit the nail on the head, Leon.

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It's hard to tell, Leon; but I'm hoping that your post is tongue-in-cheek, right? I think the fact that Japan is a largely peaceful society is one of the blessings for which we should all be grateful, as are "the common shared values of cleanliness, respect and collective responsibility;" but this "mass conformity" comes at a price. There is no one-size-fits-all route to happiness and fulfillment and "respect" needs to be a two-way street. There are lots of people in Japan for whom the pain caused by the pressure to conform to the norms of Japanese society carries a price of great unhappiness, social dysfunction and even suicidal tendencies. In some ways, it's surprising that sushi tero is as bad as it usually gets.

Meanwhile, we also need to understand that both terrorism and the so-called "war" against it in The West are both largely fake. Nearly all the terrorism we see in The West is either carried out by government agents themselves or by dupes, patsies or others manipulated by government agencies in pursuit of some political or social engineering project. This includes organizations like Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Hamas, The Irish Reublican Army, BLM, Antifa and all the other "terrorist" groups:

"False Flag Operations, Ongoing Karma Clues w/ world’s top expert Ole Dammegard"

https://rumble.com/v4xtsuo-false-flag-operations-ongoing-karma-clues-w-worlds-top-expert-ole-dammegard.html

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