1. Negación y Minimización del Colonialismo Japonés.
Algunos discursos modernos tienden a minimizar o negar el papel de Japón como agresor en la historia imperial, enfocándose exclusivamente en el colonialismo occidental.
- One thing that some of the modern discourse around colonialism did was convince people that western countries are only ever the aggressors in all of imperial history and that no other countries were a part of it, as is represented by some of the comments here. Japan also did a bunch of fuckshit.
- There are people whose definition of colonialism is "when white people do empire stuff" and conveniently ignore imperial japan.
2. El Impacto Duradero del Colonialismo Japonés.
El colonialismo japonés dejó profundas cicatrices en las sociedades colonizadas, generando desconfianza, odio y traumas que persisten hasta el día de hoy.
- Every member of the previous two generations of my family was born under japanese colonialism in korea or manchuria. It breeds a kind of distrust and hate that's hard to wash away, no matter how strong the economic ties become.
- I am telling you as a korean person whos been taught about the imperialism and colonialism of japan at school and by my grandparents that it is offensive bc of the history behind it.
3. Comparaciones con el Colonialismo Occidental.
Se debate si el colonialismo japonés fue similar o diferente al colonialismo occidental, con algunos argumentando que fue incluso más brutal.
- I am talking about my own view here. And if one is anticolonialist, one should reserve special hatred for japanese colonialism which was by all measures even more brutal than the european variety.
- During the tokyo trials, some philipino people testified that "europan colonialism was terrible but the japanese version was somehow even worse".
4. Revisionismo Histórico y Negación de Atrocidades.
Existe una preocupación por el revisionismo histórico y la falta de reconocimiento de las atrocidades cometidas por Japón durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y su período colonial.
- This isn't excusing japan and its horrendous, deliberate ignorance of the crimes it had committed in ww2 and to so many asian nations, but it kind of irks me that the west continues to treat it as the only evil entity.when most of us are still feeling the effects of white colonialism to this day.
- There is a supporting discourse of colonialism and historical revisionism that says, "hasn't japan apologized enough? a counter-discourse to this is strongly needed.
5. La Persistencia de la Influencia Cultural Japonesa y el "Japanismo".
Se observa una fascinación por la cultura japonesa, a veces denominada "japanismo", que puede ser problemática debido a sus raíces en el colonialismo y el poder blando japonés.
- As a korean radical, i am regularly horrified by the persistence of japanism—a fandom for japan shaped by colonialism and soft power—among western-educated people. By "western-educated," i not only include non-white people, but also asians from countries colonized by japan.
- Man there is a group of taiwanese from the youth to the elderly really like japanese colonialism, it’s kinda uncanny.
6. Colonialismo y la Cuestión de Taiwán.
El caso de Taiwán es particularmente complejo debido a su historia de colonialismo por parte de diferentes potencias, incluyendo Japón, y la disputa con China.
- Colonialism is bad until it comes down with taiwan being colonized then suddenly it’s a “complicated topic”.
- Here’s a serious question: was japanese colonialism colonialism? was it even settler colonialism? is it right to use this term when ethnicity was not an absolute marker, and all “outside” lands were treated to a great extent identically to the “inner” territories?