予想通りの参院選の選挙結果はこの国の国民の学習能力の低さを象徴している。日本が転落の一途をたどってきたこの30年余りの間にほぼ一貫して政権の座にあった政党が経済失策と国民の貧困化から目をそらすために始めた憲法改正だの軍備増強だののプロパガンダにまんまと乗せられているように見える。敵基地攻撃などやったら全国の原発にミサイル打ち込まれてこの国は終わる。そんなことできるはずがないとわかっていながら扇動する政治家の目的も見抜けずまんまと騙される。今やマスコミも政権を批判しなくなり、北朝鮮化が急速に進んでいる。政権に都合の悪い公文書や統計を改ざんするような、もはや民主主義とも呼べない国を守るというのは国民の生活ではなく、一部の権益者の利益を守ることでしかない。悲しいかなそうした人たちに乗せられているのは経済失策の影響をもっとも受けて不満のはけ口を探しているいわゆる「負け組」の人が多いように見える。インバウンド向けビジネスで成功した大阪の実業家が「この国はいずれ皆中国語を話すようになる」と予想していたが、アメリカが原子爆弾を開発している間に「鬼畜米英」をスローガンに竹槍訓練を行っていた世間知らずな島国の民は戦争に負けて一転「米英大好き」に代わった教訓もなく、また同じ道に進もうとしているように見える。杞憂であればいいが。
The results of the Upper House election, as expected, are symbolic of the poor learning ability of the people of this island nation. It appears that the public are falling for the propaganda about constitutional reform and arms buildup, which the political party that has been in power almost consistently during the past 30 years or so, during which time Japan has been on a downward spiral, has launched to distract them from their economic missteps and the impoverishment of the nation. If Japan launches an "enemy base attack" as this party says, the country will turn to ashes with retaliatory missiles targeting nuclear power plants the political party built across the country. The politicians of that party and its allies know that it is impossible to do such a thing, but the public seem too naive to see their true purpose. Japanese bureaucrats now falsify official documents and statistics that are unfavorable to the regime, and the media no longer criticize the regime. In short, the country can no longer be called a democracy, and it is quickly turning to one not so different from North Korea. Protecting such a country means protecting the interests of a few, not the lives of the people. Sadly, those who are being so easily deceived are the so-called "losers" who are most affected by the economic failure and are looking for an outlet for their frustration. A successful Osaka businessman predicted that "everyone in this country will eventually be speaking Chinese." The people of this country, who used to engage in bamboo spear exercises under the slogan "bestial Americans and British" while the US was developing atomic bombs, do not seem to have learned a lesson after losing the war and immediately and shamelessly switching to becoming "America and Britain lovers." They seem to be going down the same path again, without having learned any lessons from the war. I only hope that my fears are unfounded.
