RE: Why is Japan so Peaceful? (A Foreigner's Voluntaryist View)

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Why is Japan so Peaceful? (A Foreigner's Voluntaryist View)

in japan •  7 years ago 

All states are violent. “They” is a collectivist generalization. You are correct that the state and its soldiers were as brutal as any other. That said, Confucianism and Buddhism did affect much of the populace as well. “They” simply cannot provide an accurate assessment.

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