No matter how many contradictions we have with the United States at present, we must admit that the transformation of Japan by the United States after World War II was completely successful, at least on the spiritual level.
I don't mean now. As early as the 1970s, the officers of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces did not have the so-called "Yamato Soul", let alone the spirit of "Long live the Emperor".
Why do you say that?
(Yukio Mishima's last photo before abdominal incision)
It is because in 1970, the famous Japanese writer Yukio Mishima felt the "feminization" of Japanese society at that time. As a result, he and his four followers kidnapped a divisional head of the Japanese Self-Defense Force at that time, and Yukio Mishima also spoke to hundreds of officers of the Self-Defense Force from the balcony of the divisional head's office, probably hoping that these officers of the Self-Defense Force would kill the Japanese cabinet at that time with him, launch a military coup, drive away the Americans, and make Japan a big producer and take charge of the emperor.
The result was beyond Yukio Mishima's expectation. Subordinates of the Self-Defense Forces neither responded to his call nor loudly condemned his arrogance, but treated Yukio Mishima with a "playing dumb" attitude.
"Are you crazy?" "Don't pretend to be a tough guy."
These words of the officers deeply stimulated Yukio Mishima, and they were not malicious or insulting. As a result, he finally chose caesarean section.
Up to now, when Japan talks about the reasons for Yukio Mishima's caesarean section, they all think that Yukio Mishima was desperate for Japanese soldiers at that time, and felt that these "strawberry soldiers" could not revitalize his "Japanese Empire".
20 1 1, NHK interviewed randomly on the street and asked everyone if they were willing to "die for their country". Almost all the Japanese people interviewed said that they would never die for Japan, and some office workers said that Japan is a country not worth dying for. Some young people directly say this:
In 20 14, Abe Jinshan wanted to break through the pacifist constitution and make Japan a normal country. As a result, the Self-Defense Forces directly issued a poster titled "Please ask the Prime Minister to go to the front".
(The famous "anti-war" poster of the Self-Defense Forces: Please ask the Prime Minister to go to the front)
The implication is that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are opposed to breaking through the peaceful constitution, and you, Shinzo Abe, should realize your political ambition and not take all Japanese nationals hostage.
To sum up, I think it is unlikely that Japanese militarism will be revived, because the United States has completely changed Japan's national character on the spiritual level.
The biggest change is that at present, the Japanese look down on Japanese politicians in the spiritual level, and Japanese politicians and politics themselves are "ugly" in the eyes of the Japanese.
The Japanese often joke that a person is stupid and suitable to be a politician; Seeing a politician with a long spirit, the Japanese will regret that this person looks smart. How can he become a politician? Aren't politicians all stereotyped writing?
Or call politicians and civil servants "tax evaders" indiscriminately.
In Japan, there are only two industries where men cheat and adopt mistresses without "social death", one is a comedian and the other is a politician.
The ghost of militarism has been floating over Japan, but it is quite difficult to revive it.
In fact, it is very difficult for a modern country to practice militarism, even more difficult for a country with a high level of economy and civilization like modern Japan.
Many people in China feel nervous when they hear and see the word Japan. They even think that the Japanese are crazy, war-mad, and wild dogs who bite people if they can't lock the chain a little.
In my opinion, it is best to get closer to and know more about Japan. Tension often comes from strange distances, and the hatred created by the Japanese in history cannot be forgotten at all, but today's Japan also needs to be treated with a normal heart.
In fact, after contact, we will find that the Japanese look at us strangely. They think that China is a crazy, serious and dangerous country, and it is scary to bully others at every turn.
Obviously, the crux between China and Japan lies in the political camp of both sides, otherwise the historical issue will not become a big problem. It is the tense political relationship that has caused distrust between the two sides, which has further widened the rift for many years.
Let's recall the time in the 1980s. China people spurn and appreciate Japan as an "economic animal", and Japanese cultural products and industrial products are warmly sought after in China. Gao Cangjian, a citizen of Sanyo Refrigerator on Panasonic TV, doesn't know how many people there are, and people who haven't experienced that era don't know what Lu Xiao is straight.
There is also a wave of China fever in Japan. At that time, Sino-Japanese relations were so good that there was almost no bad feelings and they were almost put down.
To be clear, the crux is the United States. They created the semi-colony of Japan and the political book ecology that Japan needs to embrace actively, and also created disunity in Asia.
However, it must be said that this political ecology has indeed curbed the real rise of Japan and avoided the resurgence of Japanese militarism. They wore old military uniforms and took horns to the door of God's toilet and screamed a few times: "But the yellow shit in 2008 is really Sbarra West!" But I dare not really grow up.
The Americans told the Japanese with real troops and iron fists that I gave you a peace dividend and propped up your waist. Today's Japan will never be a great Japanese empire.
We can also feel that the Japanese in Heisei and Linghe years are not the Showa people of the past. They were castrated in spirit, westernized in personality and destroyed in quality. They became completely peaceful dogs. How similar are they to Europe? Not even as good as Europe.
So it's really far away to talk about the resurrection of Japanese militarism now. Before they break the shackles of the United States, they must all live within the framework of American definition.
However, we must remain vigilant, because the final black hand will never be Japan, but the United States. In recent years, the United States has acted shamelessly on the basis of its own interests and lost all the great power demeanor it once established. It is entirely possible for them to push Japan or support Japan to regain a false militaristic sentiment in case of emergency.
In this way, the crazy war accompanied by militarism is inevitable, and Japan is doomed.
This is both the sorrow of Asia and the tragedy of Japan.
Difficult, a prerequisite of militarism is that this country must have patriotism, and Japanese patriotism seems to be very seriously exploited.
There is something called freedom of thought and conscience in article 19 of the Japanese Constitution. According to this article, no one has the right to ask Japanese citizens to stand up when playing the Japanese national anthem. You can't force the Japanese to sing the national anthem, otherwise it's illegal. Many music teachers in Japan refused to play the national anthem. Nothing happened. At first, a Japanese teacher refused to play ball and was punished by the education department, which also caused a very serious protest in Japan.
The problem of the national anthem is already obvious, especially the problem has penetrated into the education system. Education is the cornerstone of a country, then this country is hopeless. Under the militaristic system, the people first received patriotic education. Patriotism at the beginning was actually respect for the emperor and patriotism derived from him. This is one thing.
Under this kind of education, Japanese people and young people are willing to die for their country. Going to the battlefield really dares to fight hard and is proud of dying. At that time, the Japanese fought hard, had strong fighting capacity and a firm will to fight, which was inseparable from their education. It is their education that has made those tigers and wolves teachers.
At that time, Japan was not allowed to engage in patriotic education, sing the national anthem and raise the national flag. Such an approach is to castrate Japanese militarism until it is castrated. In order to prevent the revival of militarism, patriotism was directly uprooted. Under this kind of education, those Japanese youths who grew up have another attitude towards going to war for their country. If there is a real fight, firmness is another problem. Under such education, a teacher of tigers and wolves cannot be trained.
For example, it is difficult for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to recruit soldiers now. There was a report in Reuters two years ago that since 20 14, only 70% of the self-defense forces were recruited every year, and many applicants were persuaded by their parents and teachers. Ironically, in the past two years, the unemployment rate in Japan has decreased, the employment rate of college graduates has increased, and the rate of high school enrollment has increased, which directly leads to the difficulty in recruiting the Self-Defense Forces.
The Self-Defense Forces are now doing their best to attract young people to join the Self-Defense Forces. Japanese young people like anime. The Self-Defense Forces used an animated poster to attract young people's attention, and even added many unsightly elements to attract young Japanese men, trying to increase the number of applicants for the Self-Defense Forces through this temptation.
Some experts in Japan said that the animation style of the self-defense force recruitment poster is to establish a soft image of the self-defense force in the public mind. So, what does this mean? What those young people in Japan need is softness, not blood. However, those gentle people, when they become soldiers, have limited fighting capacity.
Other than that, those Japanese women who stay at home are useless. Internet cafes in Japan are very good. Many people just live in it, or some men who play games at home all day, dye their yellow hair and weigh less than 100 kg. Then the self-defense forces showed people in a very soft image and even added actresses or something. It is anti-science and common sense for such a young man to turn him into a teacher of tigers and wolves.
(Today's Japanese conscription poster)
(Japanese conscription poster)
On this basis, it is difficult to restore his militarism. If he wants to recover, he must break down the current barriers, instill that kind of patriotic education from an early age, let the children know the concept of the country, and then instill heroism and praise the spirit of sacrifice and fearlessness. But these, the Japanese side has actually broken the file.
What you can see is still in the field of football in Japan. Those fans in Japan always hold the rising sun flag or something. Fans themselves are radical, and I am also a fan, so I can understand this radicalism. Those Japanese fans always come out with the rising sun flag. But these radical groups are still a minority.
In addition to Japan, Japan also has international pressure.
The castration of Japanese patriotism was initiated by the United States, and today, the United States is still the best player to suppress Japan. The United States was beaten by Japan and hated it. Japan's economy is closely linked to the United States. The United States sucks blood in Japan anytime and anywhere, and Japan can't do anything. America's control over Japan is all-round, from education to politics, to economy, to military. Japan is a little disobedient, and the United States devalues the yen anytime and anywhere and collapses the Japanese economy at will. Japan wants to revive militarism, ok, I'll let you collapse, and I'll see how you can recover.
Not only the United States, but all countries are very disgusted with Japanese militarism. Japan's own territory is not large, although it is not small and there are not many people. Such a country is extremely dependent on imports and exports, and its economy depends entirely on these things. At that time, the world economy was not completely connected, and it did not have that great influence on Japan. Now Japan wants to revive militarism. Other countries do not import Japanese goods or export Japanese materials. Japanese products can't be sold, and a large number of people are unemployed. Today, my dedication to work is still quite heavy, and it collapses in minutes. You were strangled. Are you recovering from militarism?
When Japan was defeated, everything the United States did in Japan was even more terrible than the Tokyo bombing, the artillery attack by Li Mei and the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those things only killed some Japanese people, and the trial and educational repression in the United States after the war was the baptism of the Japanese soul. Under such a baptism, militarism cannot be resurrected.
Now, Japan is just a pawn of the United States. For the United States, Japan is equivalent to a forward base, and the Self-Defense Force is equivalent to a pile of cannon fodder and the role of the Imperial Association Army. What is really terrible is not the Japanese, but the United States behind him.
Japan's so-called brutal militarism is impossible to revive, because there is no realistic basis to support the restoration of militarism. Whether it is Japanese militarism or German fascism or Nazism, there is no possibility of social survival and resurrection. First of all, politically, Japan is already a democracy, not an imperial dictatorship.
Although there is still a Japanese spiritual leader, his appeal in China, especially his actual political, economic and military shaping ability, has been greatly reduced or even basically disappeared. The Japanese emperor is more spiritual and cultural, which still continues the Japanese spiritual sustenance and yearning for modern people.
On the other hand, Japan is still monitored and restricted by the United States. The reason why Japan can become a decisive country in the capitalist world is also because of its relationship with the United States and its help. As democracies, the United States and Japan will not go to war easily. This war demand is the soil for China's so-called recoverable ultra-militaristic forces to exist.
At the same time, internationally, Japan has been defined as a non-military offensive country, and there is no formal army at home. Although we have a standing army on the surface, it is more of a defensive force than an offensive one. At the level of international jurisprudence, Japan is not allowed to take the initiative to wage war. Only when the existing international system collapses can Japan wage war. All this is an illusion.
In addition, Japan is now aging seriously, and the fanaticism of militarism has disappeared in today's Japanese society, and young people are crushed by tremendous economic pressure. In this case, Japanese young people will not join the army. Unless Japan can break through the world's military restrictions on Japan, all the problems and pressures in life can be solved as long as young people join the army.
Only in this way can we call for mobilizing young people to join the army. At the same time, young people in any country in the world don't like their own country very much. Because of the rapid growth of the world economy, the period of steady growth has passed. In the future, everyone will cook frogs in warm water, and no one will be easier than anyone else. Countries that wage war need to ensure the collapse of the whole world system before they can make profits, otherwise they will be hit by neighboring countries. The fruits of war must never be in our own hands. I think I was the first person to hit someone, but in fact I was the first person to hit someone.
On the other hand, East Asian countries once had a strong cultural tension, which western countries know. So whether it is developed countries, Japan, South Korea, which has just stepped into the threshold of developed countries, or developing countries, we have made enemies everywhere at home and abroad, and we have all won the so-called tricks of Britain and the United States in the international industrial chain.
In the eyes of western countries, don't East Asian countries boast of being smart? Is it at the low end, middle end or high end of the industrial chain? As long as you can ensure that all young people in your society are suppressed by a major economic burden and further lose social vitality. No matter how big your economy is, you can't lead the world after all.
Because the development models of these three countries are different, they are not models that let people really enjoy the development dividend. The more the economy develops, the more tired the people are and the greater the pressure. From childhood exams to finding a job and supporting the elderly, the unsustainable national development model will never surpass the West. Many times, there is no need to prove how superior the western system is. As long as we can increase the pressure on the development model of East Asia and make it an unchangeable fact, the systems and countries that East Asians take for granted and can really challenge Westerners will never really appear in the practical sense.
Militarism is not a problem of a country, but the inevitable result of a few right-wingers taking control of the country. Japanese nationals all follow the leadership of the country. Some people say that whether there will be militarism again depends on the situation of the Japanese people. This is nonsense.
The religious basis of militarism is Shinto, and the emperor is half man and half god. But I think it is almost impossible for Japanese young people to believe it now. I read a Japanese translation post a few years ago to discuss when the old emperor died. Then I saw many Japanese young people hope that the emperor will die soon. Because if the Japanese emperor dies, you can have a legal holiday [covering your face].
How can Japanese militarism be resurrected? In Japan today, some ultra-right elements are clamoring for the revival of militarism, asking them to run away first on the battlefield. It's useless to yell at yourself!
There is a saying in Japan that "Meiji raises scholars, Dazheng raises the country, Showa raises ghosts, and Heisei raises dolphins". Dolphin means pig, which means that the Japanese and the Japanese Self-Defense Force are basically useless. It is daydreaming who revives militarism by these wastes. That's a lot to consider! After World War II, Japan surrendered. After decades of peaceful days, Japan has shed blood on its economically developed and material-rich life. Most people don't want to join the army and die on the battlefield. Many young people have become otaku and otaku, not to mention fighting on the battlefield, and they can't even protect themselves. Why do they want to revive militarism? Now the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are even more junk snacks. When the Fukushima nuclear leak occurred, the government sent a self-defense force to spray water by helicopter to cool down. As a result, the soldiers were afraid of nuclear pollution and left halfway. Some soldiers robbed people's cars and fled the dangerous area. The self-defense forces can't recruit enough soldiers every year. In order to improve everyone's enthusiasm for joining the army, even cartoons have become conscription propaganda! It is conceivable that the current Japanese Self-Defense Force is simply a soldier who can't afford to fight and is afraid of death. If soldiers are like this, then the Japanese people don't want to fight. They just want to spend time in cartoons without desire, and they want to resurrect militarism with these people. What a big joke!
It is a handful of far-right politicians and some old die-hards who cried for the resurrection of militarism! Only right-wing politicians can really revive militarism? That's really wrong. They just shouted militaristic slogans for votes. For the sake of their political future, they never thought of implementing a militaristic policy, but just let them die with slogans. That's bullshit! As for some diehard militarists, they just have a sense of existence. If you really go to war, you won't have the courage! Japan is not what it used to be. Nowadays, Japanese society does not want to fight, but just wants to live a stable life. Militarism is too far away from them, they don't want to touch it!
Huh? What are you thinking about? The Japanese right wing may have this idea, but the actual operation is absolutely impossible. Why? Because at that time, Japan was able to prepare for the war because of the absolute core leadership of the Emperor and the war victory of betting on the National Games several times. The invasion of Korea, the Russo-Japanese War and the occupation of Northeast China are all three wars that Japan may lose, but they all won the bet, so militarism is sought after. Now you may not be sure to play Korea and Japan, but you still want to challenge China in other places? ! I'm afraid I'm not living in a dream.
It will take at least two generations for Japan to repeat militarism. The first generation, poverty. Let them struggle in poverty and miss the prosperity of the past. The second generation, brainwashing and endless propaganda, let them plunder to get rid of poverty.
During the shogunate period, few Japanese cared about the emperor, and the Russo-Japanese War was abandoned in this war. Just two generations, 40 years.