Comments by "Miguel D Lewis" (@MiguelDLewis) on "How Japan’s economy has become a cautionary tale" video.

What about overdeveloped countries?
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1:08 The country did not "rise from the ashes". It was pulled from the ashes by the US.
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@motherearth667 "Army Engineers Oversaw the Military Reconstruction of Japan in the Aftermath of World War II Under the terms of surrender that ended World War II, Japan fell under Allied occupation. U.S. Army engineers faced a daunting challenge in constructing facilities for the occupation forces and rebuilding the defeated country’s infrastructure. The immediate postwar standard of living in Japan had sunk to subsistence levels and U.S. Army Air Force bombing raids had destroyed much of the islands’ industrial base. Most Japanese roadways were originally designed for light vehicle traffic and frequently were unsurfaced, while railroads in Japan were of differing gauges. Unskilled labor was plentiful but craftsmen were scarce. Functioning sewage systems were nonexistent. To complicate matters, at the occupation’s outset, the U.S. did not consider Japanese construction firms to be financially sound, nor did the firms operate with insurance or bonding." - United States Army Corps of Engineers, Military Reconstruction in Japan
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@motherearth667 Wumao
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@motherearth667 Who wrote Japan's constitution? Who rebuilt Japan's transportation and sanitation infrastructure? The US had an entire reconstruction plan for Japan, similar to the Marshall Plan in Europe. Even today, Japan largely relies on US financiers for their foreign investment. The idea that Japan had no help from the US after the US occupied them for nearly a decade is insane.
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