The new Japanese government marks a turning point in the ruling class’s agenda to reassert its imperialist interests militarily at the expense of the working class.

On Tuesday, Japan’s parliament installed Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), as prime minister. The elevation to power of this ultra-nationalist, pro-war figure comes with a new ruling coalition that is rapidly pushing establishment politics even further to the right.

  • thejml@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    I love how the definition and use of the word “Liberal” varies so much across the world.

    • greenbit@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      55 minutes ago

      It’s by design. The fash saw communist principles and used them as marketing to get into power and do the opposite, and it still continues

    • kunaltyagi@programming.devEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      Not that long ago, the commoners didn’t have many rights all over the world. A party asking for checks to the power of the emperor seems downright liberal in that world. LDP stayed mostly the same (maybe moving a bit to the right), but the world kept moving to the left and now they are a right wing party.