We’ve lost our “village”, those third spaces that provided extended family and friends networks. American “self-reliance” has generated a separated society that has stripped a lot of the support and social network we used to have in favor of a job, a home separate from extended family, and a standalone family unit on their own against the world. Too hard to meet new people, too few clubs, too little money to get into a lot of hobbies, too little free time to spend it on anything other than rest and trying to stay sane.
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.
We’ve lost our “village”, those third spaces that provided extended family and friends networks. American “self-reliance” has generated a separated society that has stripped a lot of the support and social network we used to have in favor of a job, a home separate from extended family, and a standalone family unit on their own against the world. Too hard to meet new people, too few clubs, too little money to get into a lot of hobbies, too little free time to spend it on anything other than rest and trying to stay sane.
Ironically, it’s social networks that helped kill our social networks.
It was 99% car dependancy, and the 40hr work week.
Every person is now isolated at home, in transit, at work, at the store, everywhere. There is no middle places where people organically meet.
Social media is not a problem when it comes to people being social, despite all of the conjecture with no real links.
We are slowly turning into Japan
I think I’m turning Japanese I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so…
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.
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.
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
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.
You are, now work till 8 and get drunk with your boss later.
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.
Japan is just too old, they cannot do this anymore. But then I guess so is South Korea.
You’re painting that as if it is a bad thing. I’ve never understood the desire people have to be a part of a larger community.
I don’t understand why you’re commenting if not to take part in this community.