>>10739342>they literally decided to go in a 300 year old period of isolation after the first Europeans came into their islandYes, because that was the smart thing to do at the time.
>They onlt "embraced" western ideas after they were forcefully spoonfed by the Americans after ww2not technically true, they started embracing Western ideas before that in many ways, such as "modernizing" aka westernizing their Navy in 1854. They started to adopt Western ideas when they realized they would be left in the dust and destroyed if they didn't become a world player. It's pretty respectable that they held out as long as they did. And yes, their society is as dysfunctional as Europe and the US from a cultural standpoint. That's Postmodernism at work. But that can and will change over time.
>>10739344I don't know what you're talking about, sorry.
