"In America, they'd get a medal and be praised for having courage, yet in Japan they're shunned and treated as traitors. Definitely more then the rising and falling of the sun separates these two cultures."
You are taking the "worst" of Japan and comparing it with the "best" of America... Think about this analogy then - Japan is a beautiful country of tradition, clean streets and honour. America has ghettos and a terrible homicide rate. Different modes of intellect are required - and you will never understand Japan from a western intellect.
In Japan a man would commit sepiku before failing - In America many lead lives of crime and kill people just to steal a DVD… In Japan you can lave your wallet on the park bench, would you do the same in New York?
"Show me a communist state first."
Talk about massive poverty! what will the millions do in this communist state? the massive agricultural investment required just to keep our species burning is immense. The geometric growth in China could not be supported under communism, but when market reforms come in VOLA, the poverty was reduced. Communism would work in a world of small ethnic unity (just to make it sound quaint) where - Fred grows turnips, Jill grows Onions, and Vladyanovic grows rye... But as soon as a worm plauge kills Freds turnips Freds income is depleted and hence the ugly market economy wakes from its sleep.
A fact of the universe, as much as water boils, is that certain materials are more common than others. Gold is less common than Copper - Uranium is less common than Iron. So, humans equate cost based on "scarcity" to these materials. Market economy provides these goods at their respective scarcity price GPI. As soon as we move away from this model the market collapses... i.e. water does not boil because we (the humans) have trapped it in a heat proof vault. That Vault is called communist economy or central economy. Prices are fixed to artificial (not natural) levels.... Clear? Nothing is free, simple. even water has a cost (becomes scarce) when too many people start to drink it.
"Yugoslavia during the 1950's, 60's, and 70's, was led a by someone named Josip Tito. He actively denounced Stalin and united the diverse ethnic peoples in Yugoslavia. Its a little tough to call this guy a paranoid psycho."
Yes, I am glad that Yogoslavia was saved from commie turnip farms and became one of Eastern Europe’s best examples of modern market economy.
