• Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
    161·
    4 days ago

    We are slowly turning into Japan

    I think I’m turning Japanese I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so…

    • FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz
      9·
      4 days ago

      Except Japan is at least better than the US when it comes to things like health care, public infrastructure, prison conditions, etc.

      We’re getting all the worst parts of other countries without the few benefits, not like that “benefit” is unique to stressful work cultures anyway.

      • LittleBorat3@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 days ago

        These 3 things mentioned are just notoriously bad in the US and many other countries have them with higher quality.

        In Japan it’s not really a given that your human rights are not violated once you are in the cross hairs of the police, you are guilty.

      • IronBird@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 days ago

        i have only heard bad things about japanese prisons

        like they’re probably clean and the food is palatable, but outside of that they’re hell on earth

        • FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz
          2·
          3 days ago

          From what I’ve been reading they have a lower incarceration rate than most countries and their penal system is focused on rehabilitation rather than punishment. Who knows how true that is without personally visiting one, but the US prison system is known for being awful and focused on punishment, with some of the highest (I think currently the highest) incarceration rates.

          I don’t think most prisons around the world are “good”, likely far from the rehabilitative facilities most leftists would like, but the US penal system is likely worse than Japan, at least in regards to the prisons.

      • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
        4·
        4 days ago

        I think that’s more of a South Korea thing nowadays. Look at their hours worked per capita statistics, Japan is a lot lower than it used to be.