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Originally Posted by KiraYamatoFan
But the problem is for Japan that maintaining that level of respect for the elders so highly is one big reason, whether we like it or not, behind Japan's stagnation at several levels and we know stagnation is a very very bad thing for any country.
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Eh, I'm not convinced. If there's a problem it's cronyism at the top and dysfunctional politics, but that's not "too much respect for the elders", it's just plain corruption,
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In any discipline, the only way to move forward is to cut short anyone or anything living on borrowed time. It might not apply to you specifically, but this applies to a number of other people who are taking away the spotlight from the ones who'd come up with new ideas adapted to the current reality.
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Well, you could argue we're
all living on borrowed time.