Largely because of the revenue generated by the presence of a monarchy …

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Comment on Korean President: “The Emperor Should Kneel Before Us” by Anonymous:

Largely because of the revenue generated by the presence of a monarchy such as the British Royal Family. Not sure if the Japanese Imperial Family does the same, but the British royals pay rent on their land to tune of something like 4 billion a year. Then you get about 16 billion in tourism, or some other astronomical number. CGP Grey on YouTube did a great video about it.

Hopefully Japan has a similar arrangement. It also helps that the Imperials maintain an important aspect of the classical culture in Japan, and while some people don’t think culture is important, history can demonstrate rather brilliantly how letting go of this culture leads to a decline in general social strata (ie: the PRC, the DPRK, the USSR, large parts of America prior to the Civil War, and Mongolia during the USSR). Gotta maintain some social traditions and the Imperial family is inextricably tied to certain ideas about being “Japanese”, including home, purpose, and spiritual belonging.

Anonymous made other comments on this post:

• Korean President: “The Emperor Should Kneel Before Us”:
  

  Ah, except you guys haven’t exactly gotten over it. You act like the Irish completely forgotten about it even though there are new Irish terror groups. Get off your pedestal, you and your country are no better. And you’re dumbass like the rest of the lambs here who always have a knee-jerk reaction thinking one guy represents the whole country’s views.

• Korean President: “The Emperor Should Kneel Before Us”:
  

  Hey, there are right-wing nutjobs in every country. Have you heard the stuff Ishihara has said? Japan is no better if you want single out individuals to represent a country.

• Korean President: “The Emperor Should Kneel Before Us”:
  

  “Japan’s government and royal family have made numerous apologies for Japan’s earlier imperialist ventures, but China and Korea have tended to ignore them and instead press for apologies of ever greater humility and acknowledgements of crimes of ever inflating magnitude.” Really?

• Korean President: “The Emperor Should Kneel Before Us”:
  

  You seem to be forgetting about the Yanks. They’re embarrassing wherever they go.

• Korean President: “The Emperor Should Kneel Before Us”:
  

  KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!!!!

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