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[–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

for those who don't want to go through wiki articles, what he means is essentially after wwii, the US was like o shit communism. better be friends with Japan so we can install a bunch of army bases so we can have control in that area. Japan, ravaged by war, was just like... ok. which is why they get a lot of passes in western society for the shit they pulled in history. the end.