He argues that Japan repeatedly demonstrates resilience under existential pressure, citing survival against the Mongols, the Meiji Restoration, and post-World War II reindustrialization.
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Mongol invasions
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Jiang uses Japan's reverse-parking norm and Mongol invasion resistance as evidence of unusually strong social cohesion.
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"Okay, I understand, I understand, okay, all right. All right, so when I make predictions, I look at, I look at several factors. One..."
"they were completely destroyed by the Americans, they came together and re -changed their political and industrial system before they had something called the..."
"Japan underwent tremendous social change to go from a feudal society into a modern industrial nation that, in 1905, was able to defeat a..."
"But everyone else reverse parks. There's no law that says you must reverse park. Everyone just does it because of a sense of social..."
"And as a result, it became too expensive and too burdensome for the Mongols to take over Japan. Okay? Does that make sense? And..."
"...together as a people and we, and we, we post the Mongol invasion, not once, but twice. Okay. That's very impressive. And then you..."
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