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[–] greycloud 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

The courts dismissed the case of the beer thief in Kagoshima, despite all the work that went into it. Japan is almost crime-free not thanks to the police, says Yoshihiro Yasuda, a campaigning lawyer, but because people police themselves.

this is the truth. people police themselves when they feel a sense of civic responsibility. people feel a sense of civic responsibility when they live in an area that allows them to pursue their desires without being attacked. japan's culture is that you can pursue whatever you wish to pursue so long as you don't burden other people with it. thus the otaku culture is tolerated and even catered too so long as they keep it to themselves. people work, and many work very hard and very long to keep the society going and to support each others' pursuit of happiness.

restrictive cultures that force conformity in PRIVATE spheres breed hostility to the public spheres.