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I agree with you. There's a tendency of exaggerating the downsides of Asian culture. Some people can't accept uncomfortable truths. I lived in Japan for one year. I felt like a medieval peasant stepping into a time machine. Everything was clean, safe and fully operational. Rome looks like a ghetto compared to Tokyo. Not one graffiti in sight – a byproduct of respect for public spaces. Critics always bring up their work culture, as if that invalidates the whole picture.

> Work hard, keep your head down, raise kids, provide for your family, respect your parents, etc.

Have you noticed how American media is always set on undermining those qualities?

parent Red_Tarsius 7 years ago

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