Comments by "" (@steemlenn8797) on "Japan's Poverty u0026 Distrust in Politics" video.

@BA-ff3xq No, that is not true. For example in Germany after WWII until the 80s politicians would need to do the "Ochsentour" - Ox tour. That meant that you started right at the bottom, worked hard and would then be put to election on the city level. Work hard, get put one level above and so on. That is how most of the politicians in that time were grown. It not only meant a connection to the people from the lowest level on, but it also meant that normal workers would be on the ballot (not unskilled, they very seldom made it, but learned workers and mini business owners were more than half of the German parliament). Today is very different, ox tour is a rarity and the most represented profession is lawyer.
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Sending money to Ukraine is just self-defense. Don't forget that Japan as a disputed border with Russia, which has already stolen land from several countries just since 2000. And anyway, Ukraine money is peanuts compared to what is there. You only need to make the rich pay a fair share. Japan is still a very rich country. Just like in many other countries, the problem is that the wealth is unfairly distributed. You are a business owner? So you must understand: It's stupid that someone who wants to build up a company has it so much harder than someone simply inheriting it, regardless of the actual work and ability.
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@The_Phoenix_Saga How did you get from wage level to debt?
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Shrinking population does not mean more farmers or farm land. Japan imports most of it's food and the international prices don't care aobut 1 million less Japanese when there are 20 million more Indians.
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No, that is not true. Not until you earn quite a lot. Because wages do not make 100% of the price.
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@The_Phoenix_Saga There are 2 things very problematic with the "no redistribution" approach. 1) It's mathematically proven that not doing it will concentrate ever more wealth in ever less hands. Which leads to financial slaves, indentured servants, daughters sold to landowners and so on. 2) Unsurprisingly, in the past that has always resulted in "pitchforks". Historically rulers have tried to prevent a violent collapse of society by regularily declaring debts void. That is the jubilee year of the bible. In the 20th century such a collapse in Europe was prevented by the wars leveling (except for the very rich) the wealth distribution. And of course democracy and the welfare state. The USA temporarily took the top there with 90% maximal tax rate, which actually lowered the richest richness a but for a short time. The welfare state is been slowly eroded in the last decades, inequalities have risen and so has right wing extremism. In the USA it's the Tea Party that has taken over the GOP which now tries to install an autocracy based on their ideology with the project 20025. In Europe several countries already have far right parties in the government. Germany just had 2 state elections where the AfD got ~30% of the votes. That is the party that is (in those states) officially "right wing extremist" with a fascist (court accepted term, which in Germany is a very heavy weight word) in the top. I don't know about you, but between a fascist World II and a fair redistribution where people who get millions out of dividends pay more than 10% income taxes, I choose the latter.
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@The_Phoenix_Saga Inflation has (nearly) nothing to do with a country's debt. Yes, Inflation might reduce it in relation to GDP, but the effect on the level we are talking about is microscopic.
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