bardmars

What I never understood is why Ishiba, Kishida and Suga championed an anti-growth agenda. But I guess good that Takaichi is pro-growth instead.

04.11.2025 09:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It is hard to predict, but I see a very good chance that her government will last for a while (rather than crumble within one year as has been the recent pattern). The LDP might grow again and do better as well. A lot of politics is vibes based, even as realities differ (see Meloni and immigration)

27.10.2025 02:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Japan Post Headline: Takaichi’s rise to power and the glass cliff

It’s interesting, I see the opposite, both in Japan and abroad. I feel that the media is united in praising her and giving her grace, which we can also see in the support numbers. Completely different to the reception for Ishiba a year ago.

27.10.2025 02:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Of course relevance and truth are the most important factors. It seems to me that a guidance like this is trying to suggest to researchers to find these in areas where they might not have looked. Seems sensible.

23.10.2025 00:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Lovely rainy day in Tokyo’s Hibiya park

22.10.2025 07:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is an excellent interview with the German culture critic Wolfgang M. Schmitt. He lays out a leftist point of view about contemporary German politics. It's in German of course, but perhaps the auto-dub or subtitles will be sufficient.

youtu.be/GAuK1pv7wlA?...

22.10.2025 03:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Books are too big now. They are unwieldy.

19.10.2025 01:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah, this is how I see it too, it is very complex, but the morality of it is not.

16.11.2023 02:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0