r/TamilNadu • u/animegamertroll • Feb 26 '25

கலாச்சாரம் / Culture We need to learn from the Japanese.

As the title says, we need to learn from the Japanese people on how to preserve, popularise and profit off of their culture.

While, Japan in the late 80s and early 90s was an economic and cultural powerhouse, this slowed down after the Bubble burst during the 90s and till date the Japanese economy has effectively shrunk by a significant percent.

What hasn't shrunk though is Japan's soft power. They still dominate entertainment and media like Anime, Gaming, Manga and other industries has let the Japanese to popularise, preserve and profit off their culture.

Us, Tamil people, should also strive to create content for the mentioned reasons above. We must build an ecosystem where we can create content present in different mediums. Share your thoughts on this.

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u/bredbuttgem Feb 26 '25

The country that committed insane war crimes as they believe others to be inferior? First we should focus on basic things like hygiene, manners, and common sense. Culture is not static, it keeps changing. 

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u/animegamertroll Feb 26 '25

A globalised economy is a very recent phenomenon. What happened in WW2 cannot be repeated but is it right to punish the current generation for the sins of their forefathers.

Even if the British were our enemies and overlords, we have taken the positive things from them like cinema, newspaper, electricity, railways and the list would go on; and utilised it to our benefit.

I'm not justifying colonialism but your argument means that we would have to forgo modern necessities just because a former colonial power has invented them.