A Japanese nationalist party led by fiery anti-globalist Sohei Kamiya was among the biggest winners in this summer’s parliamentary election

Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, criticizes Japan’s rapidly growing foreign population.

As opponents, separated by uniformed police and bodyguards, accuse him of racism, Kamiya shouts back, saying he is only talking common sense.

Sanseito, while still a minor party, made big gains in July’s parliamentary election, and Kamiya’s “Japanese First” platform of anti-globalism, anti-immigration and anti-liberalism is gaining broader traction ahead of a ruling party vote Saturday that will choose the likely next prime minister.

  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    A UBI is a necessity for societies going forward.

    Basically, wealth inequality is so bad now that our economies and societies no longer serve the majority of people’s needs.

    So wealth redistribution is required to fix the problem, the question after realizing that is how to go about it.

    We can do a one time redistribution of wealth, but without fundamentally changing the system with regulations, incomes will inevitably become imbalanced again. This is what we did after the Great Depression with the jobs program that was the national parks and highway/railroad projects.

    IMO it’s better to just stop treating money like it’s harmless to allow excess accumulation. It would be better if all wealth were perpetually redistribed via a UBI, this would permanently maintain wealth equality. This is similar to what we did after the Great Depression in regards to corporate tax rates and setting a maximum profit.

      • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        3 months ago

        It’s been tested dozens of times, and every time it is tested, it shows people are happier and healthier, and so is their community.

        So it does work and is possible, and it would fix a ton of problems.

          • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            In every study they also witness no significant drop in labor participation, and it always enriches the local community. People become more altruistic, less stressed and agitated, family relationships improve. It’s good in pretty much every single way with no discernible downsides. Please look into more studies.

            There isn’t going to ever be a study that is universal until we implement it universally, so there’s literally no way to test it in the way critics want, this argument is just baseless propaganda.