They achieved “China before communism”

I watched the first season and it was boring as fuck

There’s just so much more atmosphere and mood in anime pre-digital era. There’s definitely a bias though where we only remember the most memorable/iconic shows. But, when I compare top current anime to top anime of the past, there’s something missing. Maybe this is the whole “anime now is based on previous anime, while previous anime was based on real life” that Miyazaki or someone talked about. Also there were more commies in anime back then

Paying employees isn’t a Japanese tradition

During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. If the churches in the USSR were empty, this demonstrated that religion was suppressed; but if the churches were full, this meant the people were rejecting the regime’s atheistic ideology. If the workers went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of their alienation from the collectivist system; if they didn’t go on strike, this was because they were intimidated and lacked freedom. A scarcity of consumer goods demonstrated the failure of the economic system; an improvement in consumer supplies meant only that the leaders were attempting to placate a restive population and so maintain a firmer hold over them.

They can’t. Every single one of these libs keep saying they have sources but at most will link fucking wikipedia then say that anyone who disagrees just isn’t discussing things in “good faith” or whatever bullshit

Lmao what a pathetic response