zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Yes I did. If someone said, hey don't tell blank but. Would I blab about that? There's a lot of gray area you're ignoring because you hold this blind hatred towards transpeople.
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zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Grok buried the lede to promote fElon's ethnic superiority ullshit
"Low inequality"
Japan's CEO to worker pay gap is minimally 1/7th of the US's (highest number I saw was 50 to 1 vs 350 to 1 in US)
When WiiU sales struggled, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata (RIP) halved his salary to not fire employees. IN America they layoff the workforce to lower costs and raise their bonuses.
Thanks for advocating that we need to lower the gap between CEO and workers comrade.
sturg33
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Wonderful. What drives inequality and what policy would you propose to address it?
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Burakumin and criminal/gang activity
The Burakumin do have a documented historical and ongoing association with the yakuza, Japan's traditional organized crime syndicates. This stems from centuries of social exclusion:
- Historical roots: Burakumin (formerly Eta) were outcastes tied to "impure" occupations like leather work, butchering, and sanitation. After the 1871 emancipation, many faced continued discrimination in mainstream jobs and marriage. Some turned to marginal or underground economies, including gambling, peddling, and protection rackets — activities that fed into early yakuza groups (which originated partly from tekiya peddlers and other outcast elements).
- Modern overrepresentation in yakuza: Multiple sources, including former intelligence officials, journalists, and researchers, estimate that Burakumin descendants make up a disproportionately large shareof yakuza members:
- Around 60% of yakuza overall (per Mitsuhiro Suganuma, ex-Public Security Intelligence Agency).
- Up to 70% in the largest syndicate, Yamaguchi-gumi (per Kaplan & Dubro's Yakuza).
- Other estimates suggest ~30% are Zainichi Koreans (another discriminated group), with the rest from mainstream Japanese.
- Reasons cited: Socioeconomic marginalization, poverty in some Buraku districts, family networks, and the yakuza offering "discipline, family, and opportunity" when other paths were blocked. Yakuza sometimes portrayed themselves as providing refuge for the discriminated.
- Not the whole picture: The vast majority of Burakumin are law-abiding and live ordinary lives. Burakumin population estimates range from ~1–3 million (depending on definitions), while total yakuza membership has dropped sharply (below 10,000–23,000 in recent years due to anti-yakuza laws and aging). Most Burakumin are not involved in crime; the link is a statistical overrepresentation in a shrinking underworld, not a defining trait.
- Lingering stigma: This association fuels ongoing discrimination. Some Japanese still link Buraku areas with crime or yakuza ties, affecting marriage and employment (via background checks or neighborhood reputation). Activist groups like the Buraku Liberation League have fought this, sometimes with controversial ties to yakuza in the past (e.g., corruption scandals involving dōwa subsidies in the 1980s–90s).