An interesting article that overlooks major societal flaws in Japanese society. The lack of marriage, extremely low birth rate, overwhelmed white collar workers and high volume of psychological disorders suggest a nation that is in decline. The prevalence of luxury items in Japan only underscores this. There is a worship of certain prestigious goods in Japan that trumps all other items: the level of materialistic worship there is troubling imo.
I'm sure Nathan could explain it better than I could.
Bah. The same is true of Sweden... low birthrates, low marriage rates and high rates of mental illness are part of the trade off all over performing ethnic groups face. Just look at the mental illness rate among Jews... if anything the pattern to be seen is that high rates of mental illness within an ethnic group or country are a
positive indicator.
