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Not... really? They have pretty similar voting records and whatnot, and do (seem to, in any case) agree on a lot of subjects, even if the desired implementations differs.

Doesn't really have anything to do with japan in particular, though. That kind of behavior is endemic to creative works worldwide, both commercial and otherwise, animated or not. It's a symptom of how people (especially less experienced writers) tell stories more than anything, s'far as I've been able to tell. Folks read a story they like, and then they want to write one like it. Sometimes the reason for liking it may be fiscal (i.e. they know the story archetypes sell), but plenty of times they just... like it, y'know? Harem (or <insert whatever>) drivel sells for a reason.

English intos english whatever english pleases.

... DmC, if no one's asked via PM? Always kinda' wanted to try one of those.

Ah, I do think that's the core of it, Reelya, but even then I think authoritarianism and social conservatism are far from the same thing.

Could you expand on that a bit? I'd probably agree they're not strictly identical, but far from the same thing is... not the words I'd use. It's hard to argue that there's more than two major camps in social conservatism (especially the american sort), one appealing to scripture/religious social mores and the other appealing to tradition. The former pretty much is authoritarianism, just with the church replacing a (more) secular government and maybe (as it often isn't as well; see the vein of social conservatism in the US demanding God be in everything, especially the government) being more limited in scope, and the latter shares... a lot of authoritarianism's traits, if sometimes different leading influences (i.e it may actually be anti-establishment, but that doesn't mean it's not very much an appeal/adherence to authority -- of previous years, in this case -- more than just about anything).

So... what kind of major gap between them are you seeing?

... is that not enough?

We need more Welders and less Philosophers.

If the words of my welding certified family members are anything to go by, we really don't. Welding apparently isn't that far from just outright oversaturation, and it can be fairly difficult to find work doing it in many areas. Does seems like underwater welding is a fair bit better off, but, uh. They're also about forty times more likely to die than the average american citizen.

Philosophers... we need to actually hire the damn things where they'll help (i.e. teaching the technical skills involved in the field before college, actually getting used for ethics boards, etc., etc.) more than we need less of them, since there's already damn few. There's just not that many of them, academia wise -- they're usually one of the smallest programs on a college campus (when the program even exists!), and very much aware that if they're there, they're probably not there to advance their career in any direct sense. We still need 'em, because if nothing else the mechanics behind rhetoric, logic, and ethics are fucking vital and more ignored every year, but they're not exactly flooding their (barely existent, and long since stuffed to the gills) applicable markets.