(September 10, 2019 at 6:42 pm)Belaqua Wrote: The macho man tough guy approach to dealing with difference of opinion is far more in evidence in the US than in Japan. In discussing metaphysics and other ideas, a person in Japan almost never has to put up with the Clint Eastwood approach that is common elsewhere (e.g. this forum).
Do you think that comes with a downside though? I was reading something awhile back how they were trying to reintroduce Samurai values back into the culture, in some sense to encourage the sort of masculinity of the Eastwood type, as a way to encourage the idea of marriage, fatherhood in young men, the sort of strong male figure that desires these things, etc?
I’m sure their attempt to do so would fail, but I don’t think their reasoning is flawed.
