You act like the Japanese didn’t want to lift their people out of poverty.
I don't and I have no idea why you think I do.
That the people within SONY didn’t aspire to be one of the largest corporations in the world.
The vast majority of people working for SONY are far more concerned with their own declining wages and working conditions than they are with the prestige of a corporation.
The Japanese owned a significant amount of real estate within the US at their zenith (kind of like China today).
Hmm yes, I wonder what happened
They faltered because it started to cost more to import certain materials then it did to improve those raw materials and export them.
Yeah, of course; just a regular, everyday, normal completely future destroying collapse of the national economy. Plaza Accords? What are they?
They still excelled at heavy industry and still do. They’re still one of the predominant ship builders and car builders in the world.
Yeah, and the people of Sierra Leone are excellent diamond miners. What does that have to do with the USA wrecking their economy?
Japan was also one of the first countries to be hit hard by an aging population, partly because of xenophobia, but I think mainly other cultural factors.
"Black people aren't economically discriminated against in the USA, it's just their culture!"
I think anyone with aging parents can attest to that.
The Lost decades started 35 years ago; my boomer parents weren't even middle aged yet.
It’s not always America ruined their lives
Maybe not, but it is in this case.
Lest we not forget that America helped to build them up in the first place.
After leveling all their cities and incinerating half a million civilians.
Your hate for America and capitalism has distorted your world view.
Spare me your patronizing crap.
I’d prefer to live in a world of opportunity rather than a world of schadenfreude.
Well then you should be damn pleased that America didn't manage to do to China what it did to Japan.