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Re:Many Japanese children refuse to go to school by whatshisface on Monday December 23, 2019 @12:28AM (#21861673)
Japan also has several decades worth of a stagnant economy in order to instill a sense of financial nihilism in its culture that doesn't exist yet in America.
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Re:Many Japanese children refuse to go to school by austhrow743 on Monday December 23, 2019 @12:33AM (#21861696)
Also salaryman culture. I could see the whole "do it to get a job" thing being not only largely ineffective, but achieve the opposite effect. When the person with a job that you know is a depressed alcohol who never has time for fun, why would becoming that be motivating?
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