You might like Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Yikes lol

My man

Why can’t people just be cool

…in this essay I will explain how my 500 hours in Burnout: Paradise makes me a superior driver…

Systemic change is going to force the same lifestyle changes anyway.

I mean… That’s what the culture was at the time. No need to name call over it. It is well documented and any attempt to obfuscate it is revisionism.

Our discussion is prompting me to look more into the history here, though. Your comment on modern generals’ statements is intriguing. That lead me to learn about Soviet entry into the war, defeating Japan in Manchuria, which may have promoted talk of surrender among Japanese leadership.

I’ll certainly keep researching and I’m open to changing my view. Feel free to present me with some material to consider rather than calling me racist.

Ants is a pretty apt comparison to Japanese culture at the time. All expected to become soldiers and die for the hive. Seriously, shit was crazy. They were not going to surrender otherwise.

Firebombings were daily killing more than the bombs did as well.

Look up projected casualties for Operation Downfall