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Just the headline itself makes me think of the “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” and we all know how that turned out.
by amacbride 1y ago
Just the headline itself makes me think of the “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” and we all know how that turned out.
- kkkqkqkqkqlqlql 1y agoThought the exact same. Not even knowing the history of Japan, just from like one frame in the Bill Wurtz video where that name shows up.
- snickerbockers 1y agoOkay but we also know how it started, which was not as a bilateral trade agreement. I don't think imperial japan has eternally tarnished the concept of 'prosperity' in the same way that hitler forever tarnished that style of mustache.