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"The first time I ever really listened to Kyle Kulinski’s show was in the back of a cab last summer. The driver had his phone hooked up through the stereo and was pumping out an episode through the car speakers - loudly, as if looking to convert a captive audience.
“Do you like Kyle Kulinski?”
The driver, Ahmed, was a recent immigrant and apparently a die-hard fan of Secular Talk, the political talk show that Kulinski broadcasts on KZbin. I told him, yes, in fact. I do like Kulinski, had come across his show several years ago, and, all things considered, he seemed pretty good.
“He understands what we’re up against,” Ahmed said. “Like Bernie.”
But I was surprised to hear Kulinski’s name mentioned in the same breath as Bernie Sanders, particularly with such adoration. Because what I did remember about Kulinski’s show struck me as mostly capital-P “progressive” takes on the news - the left wing of the Netroots crowd more than the democratic socialism Sanders has popularized.
It’s an impression that wasn’t entirely incorrect.
“I have no time for philosophical, airy bullshit,” Kulinski tells me from his home in Westchester, New York. “I don’t want to hear about Lenin. I don’t want to hear about Marx. I just want a super plainspoken, straightforward agenda with a straightforward way of selling it.”
With over 800,000 subscribers and nearly 670 million total views on KZbin, selling a progressive agenda is clearly something Kulinski knows how to do - even Democracy Now, the long-standing flagship of progressive media, cannot match his reach on the platform. Chapo Trap House can certainly boast a wildly devoted fan base (and a not insignificant degree of media influence), but their audience is roughly half the size of Kulinski’s.
While Secular Talk might be more likely to be looped in with the progressive networks around Air America and Pacifica alums like Sam Seder than the more resolutely socialist world, Kulinski’s fiery rhetoric, razor-sharp class instincts, and knack for withering takedowns sets him apart from his peers. Judging by his rhetoric alone, he’s closer to a Eugene Debs than a Chris Hayes.
But unlike Hayes, Amy Goodman, or his friend Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks - who began airing Secular Talk on his web network seven years ago - the thirty-two-year-old Kulinski is virtually invisible in the mainstream media. Despite his enormous fan base, his show has never once been mentioned in the obligatory trend pieces on “the Millennial Left” pumped out by the prestige media. Nor has Kulinski’s name ever popped up at all in the New York Times, Vox, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, or the Washington Post, despite his leading role in cofounding Justice Democrats, the organization widely credited with sweeping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the rest of “the Squad” to power.
Just last week, his Wikipedia page was deleted. The reason? “There is very simply no [reliable source] coverage of this person,” according to one moderator. In new media, he’s king - the Sean Hannity of the Berniecrat left. In old media, he’s nobody.
I suspect there are a few reasons for that. There is nothing “cool” about Kulinski’s show. (As a friend put it, “‘Welcome to Secular Talk’ sounds like something you’d hear on Egyptian radio.”) His no-nonsense social-democratic politics won’t get him much cred with the Full Communism crowd. He records his show not in Brooklyn or Los Angeles, but in a studio he built himself in his modest Westchester home. His hair is too groomed and his taste in clothes too preppy to qualify as “Dirtbag Left.” Nor has he ever attended an n+1 release party. “Not only have I not attended one,” he says, “I have no idea what that means.”
And yet he’s astonishingly plugged-in for a young man in the suburbs. Wondering how Sanders ended up on the Joe Rogan Experience? Kulinski, a frequent guest on Rogan’s wildly popular show, introduced them. “You make the most sense to me,” Rogan told Kulinski on a recent episode. “You’re a normal person.”
Much like Sanders himself, Kulinski’s show has a massive audience that just doesn’t compute with our media’s understanding of “what the kids want” or even “what the left-wing kids want.”
It’s probably for the best - the very woke and very WASP-ish decorum haunting much of the media world is nowhere to be found in Secular Talk. “Corporate Democrats over-focus on identity as a trick to divert you from the issues that unite us all - class issues,” he said on a recent episode. “That Raytheon decided they don’t hate gays or trans people - frankly, I don’t really give a shit what their take on that is..."
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[@roshansreedhar4727]

He had the politics of George Bush with the cultural celebrity status of Obama. Hard to overstate how much of an impact this will have in Japan

[@shuheihisagi6689]

Obama basically continued Bush's presidency, he made a few policy changes but it was very minor all things considered. Obama killed more innocent people with his drone strikes, and never helped out American communities.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Yeah I was honestly wondering why Obama met with Abe so often more than any other US president I remember and that's probably the reason why. Pfft

[@aaronmcconkey1062]

9/11

[@leant6487]

I don't mean to be rude, but I hate western reporting on this man. He is a straight up fascist, reporting is just different because he happens to be Japanese and not German- I say this as an Asian. Koreans and Chinese, and many others find respite in his death. Bush was an imperialist, not a fascist, an important difference, though both are bad.

[@cartanacia79]

@@leant6487 Exactly. It's been sickening to see so many leaders lionizing him while most Western people have very little idea of what he was like

[@ocek2744]

If you compared Japan's gun death rate to America's, it would take Japan an estimated *4333* YEARS to match America's gun deaths each year.

[@middleway1704]

good luck banning guns, it clearly worked in this case ;}

[@jack-o-trades304]

How many gun deaths in the US are from suicide

[@bigwill-gc7su]

Didn't know Japan had the same population.

[@mrg0th1er83]

@@bigwill-gc7su if you adjusted for population it is still over 1500 years.

[@dukekenny9340]

What’a the Ethnic make up of Japan vs the United States

[@Dramatic_Gaming]

The other stupid part of the 'See? Gun control doesn't work!' arguement is that the shooter used some Kids Next Door-level, cobbled together, 1-shot gun made out of tape, pvc pipe, and 2x4s.

[@bg7290]

Thats literally the point though. Controlling guns wont stop whackjobs from making or creating weapons or just using a vehicle like in France on Bastille day 2016 - 86 dead and 458 injured.. Really not far from Las Vegas mass shooter at the concert in 2017 - 59 killed and 867 injured. Nutcases gonna nut

[@JohnMezzo]

Hideo Kojima using a Sam Hyde inspired ailias to assassinate a politician with KND technology is a pretty funny scenario to imagine.

[@sonicwave779]

It actually shot twice but you're right on the rest.

[@denverarnold6210]

@@sonicwave779 they may have meant it wasn't designed to be reloaded, so used once: one shot. But I agree they could have been clearer with how they phrased it.

[@-Zevin-]

@@seanking1775 Yes, even adjusted for population, because I can already imagine conservatives going "BuT JaPaN iS a SmAlLeR CoUnTrY!!!" Japan would have about 13,000 gun deaths per year if they had the same gun death rate as the United States.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Youngest Prime Minister at 52, I can already tell how geriatric Japanese politics is

[@AD-lh3jk]

Their society is old in general. As an example, many large companies are slow in change because their executives have the dated notion of consistency and loyalty regardless of the economic & industry landscape. But also because of that, many of those same companies are almost centuries old of not older. Though it’s not like all companies in of their generation survived bankruptcy

[@erikvan9582]

52 isn't very old dude

[@SAGERUNE]

@@AD-lh3jk In alot of corporate fiction set in japan these loyalties go so deep it brings it full circle to imperial japan. Again, fiction, but given what we just heard kyle read its gotta have some basis in fact. I love japan, but its a scary climate politically, much like Switzerland to me.

[@ramonserna8089]

I know you youngsters might be surprised but life doesnt end at 40. 52 is still a good age, you still have most cognitive functions intact, Joe Biden on the other hand..

[@celineoneida7077]

You forget how old the current US president is and what the average age of someone in the legislature is?

[@mirvio9741]

Edition: Mr. Abe also regulated freedom of speech by penalizing journalists/media when they published something he didn't like. He looked like a good leader from the outsiders but trust me, he literally killed Japan. Thousands of people have suffered thanks to him yet Japan media along with many countries start to worship him as a hero of democracy and so on. He was a terrible politician, a super neo-conservative from the core who did tax cut for the rich, privatized everything, inflated military budget, re-wrote the history (mandatory textbook renewal for all public schools) to make Japanese look good and so on. He was born and raised in a rich family that's deep into the politics.

[@ifiwantyoutofeel]

He was aight didn't deserve to die like that 👍

[@sawtooth808]

Not to mention Shinzo Abe’s Grandpa was “allegedly” involved with The Dark Ocean Society (forerunners to the modern day Yakuza)

[@isaacwakefield5915]

@@sawtooth808 also his father in law was involved in WW2 Japanese atrocities. Like unit 731 things.

[@treystewart731]

He began putting more emphasis on military spending because of continued threats from neighboring countries like North Korea and China.

[@scroopynooperz9051]

Mir Vio ah.. so no great loss then 😂 No sympathies for Jap Dubya lol Governments all around the world need to return to a "for the people, by the people" paradigm. The most competent chosen from among us should be in leadership - not those who are part of juiced in political dynasties or those shoehorned in by the corporate elite.

[@banana_bread4542]

As a Japanese and a Tokyo native, yes, I can confirm that it's exceedingly difficult to obtain any guns in Japan. Kyle is also correct that there's nothing "Liberal" or "Democratic" about LDP. It is a conservative party and former PM Abe was also a nationalist. His legacy was to have escalated tensions in Northeast Asia. The women's empowerment initiative nor Abenomics didn't quite improve the lives of the Japanese, either. On a larger point, this glorifying this former PM's legacy reminded me of how the MSM covered the passing of former POTUS George H.W. Bush back in 2018, with a glaring omission of his appalling legacy, such as the time he was w/ the CIA.

[@Che1seabluesdrogba11]

Hmm, I thought I heard Abenomics at least did something for Japan, but I'm sure everyone has different opinions

[@runswithtrees6173]

Well you’ll miss him when China invades Taiwan then invades Japan… good luck my friend

[@burniejarvis9298]

@@runswithtrees6173 He wasn't the pm Dude. Miss him. For what? He wasn't doing anything but campaigning.

[@runswithtrees6173]

@Daniel S. I know. He was the sign of Japans naval strength. Their military and naval forces definitely will have their spirits effected by his unfortunate passing. He was a legend and a great man.

[@thehumanity0]

Crazy how the one party conservative government is the governing party that is overlooking such stringent gun control. If it was the US with the one party conservatives, every person in the US would be required to own at least 3 guns per person. Just shows you how insane the United States is compared to the rest of the world.

[@kenshin4113]

In respects to Abe's belief that the Nanjing massacre never happened, I deny that anyone assassinated Abe, it was obviously a firecracker accident.

[@JassZoigel]

Is his opion that it was a r*** instead?

[@JassZoigel]

Was

[@ccengineer5902]

Chinese bot, He never denied it. Stop propagating your government's lies.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Owned lmao.

[@JassZoigel]

@@ccengineer5902 gaijunkun, nanidesuka?

[@stewiegriffin12341]

Abe’s death was the 14th gun death in Japan in the last 5 years.

[@michaeldiekmann6494]

For real?

[@JG-vu7un]

@@michaeldiekmann6494 yeah unbelievable right?

[@xxxthwagdrakexxx4672]

*reported* let's not pretend like the yakuza isn't their version of cartels and like they'd care about gun laws to not off people and get rid of the body.

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

@@xxxthwagdrakexxx4672 Tbh yakuza doesn't commit brutal shit like that of cartels.

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

The fact an assassination was made in Japan of all places, proves the world is going through hardship right now.

[@conniekeshet]

Go watch ben nortons video at multipolarista. It starts at japans colonizing the far east, goes into terrible attocities of medical stuff similar or worse than what happened in the german camps, ...

[@JassZoigel]

Lmao wut

[@JassZoigel]

This is the second assassination caught on tape in Japan silly

[@bb_arcadia5752]

@@JassZoigel so? The sword one was like what 10 years ago?

[@JassZoigel]

@@bb_arcadia5752 yeah exactly it's like football to them

[@simiansam5179]

Kyle: the KZbin algorithm is against me Also kyle: reactions to 3 day old news posted at 1pm EST

[@SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand]

LMAO

[@RigelOrionBeta]

Kyle has been behind the news regularly for years now. Its not necessarily a bad thing, but if he wants to do that, he should do longer form content, which goes deeper into subjects. If you're going to be late, you need to cover the subject with greater depth to counter the fact that you're late. That said, this news broke Friday, late. Kyle doesn't work on weekends. He either needs to work weekends (wouldn't recommend) or go long form on topics he's late to.

[@jumpkickman1993]

You mean someone with a million subscribers and only gets 800 live viewers seems a little odd to you? 🤔

[@Bc232klm]

In a premiere too, which he doesn't even participate in the chat of....

[@Nolangames-ep8up]

@@jumpkickman1993 no not reallly. It has to depend on when he is doing the premieres, the news he is talking about, or what time he uploads it at

[@macrossMX]

For those who are curious as to who Shinzo Abe's grandfather war, it was Kishi Nobusuke. Nobusukue was a war criminal who was infamous for his exploitative rule of Manchukuo back in the 1930s, which earned him the nickname "the monster of the Showa Era". He was released from prison by American sympathizers who believe that he is the leader Japan needs to steer the country into a Pro-American direction. As a result, Nobusuke was never convicted of War Crimes by the Far East Tribunal, which opened the way for his return to politics rising to Prime Minister in 1957. And for those who find it insane for a war criminal to lead a new post war government, the US already has a history of this by allowing Former CSA VP Alexander Stephens to return as Congressman of Georgia (1873-1882) and governor of Georgia (1882-1883).

[@VogtTD]

Idiots on KZbin comments keep talking about how he seemed like such a good guy.

[@Cunnysmythe]

The press never had a bad thing to say about him, it's not surprising they would say that

[@krunkle5136]

He was Trump with better manners, so it's hard to notice some poor takes. Either way he didn't deserve to be assassinated.

[@AD-lh3jk]

Kyle seems unconvinced by the motives but he gotta understand, Japan is a society of extremes. Where you grew up in a highly restrictive, conformist, and judgmental society into quite a demanding adult life due to lack of labor rights So there’s a tendency to in a way, fight against this conformity by finding your own niche. From something relatively benign like hobbies & entertainment, up to questionable things like cults. There are multiple of them there which, like cults anywhere, often ensnares their followers into crazy debt dependency & financial ruin. Never mind that they also have plenty of loan shark & mafia issues too So to me, it wouldn’t be THAT surprising if one of these “niche reasons” becoming true. Considering that the murders there have occurred for less sensible reasons, due to the extreme mentality its society has

[@TykoBrian7]

Now that you mention it, their sociery seems more like the ones in the indian subcontinent. How are they to advanced while holding such backward beliefs?

[@royalty_the1892]

I mean some of these folks commit suicide with kitchen knives across their bellies so that thier guts spill out. Good lawd

[@-Zevin-]

In Dan Carlin's hardcore history show he used a quote about Japan that I think is pretty fitting. "The Japanese are like everyone else, only more so."

[@AD-lh3jk]

@@TykoBrian7 I frequently listen to this foreigner living in Japan podcast and they describe it aptly as something akin to “Japan is like living in 1970s and 2040 at the same time” They’re basically an extremely minded society with a relatively stable and affordable economy. Yes there are insane shortcuts as well, but it’s often not as crazy as other countries. And due to their extreme mentality in doing well and conforming to high expectations, their work often ends with high quality. Be it food, art, etc

[@AD-lh3jk]

@@royalty_the1892 are you referring to the samurai tradition of Seppuku or a modern trend? Because I don’t think the former is actually done with a kitchen knife, although it is around the same length 😅

[@blip9999999999999999]

Japan is just about the only democracy with as bad a money-in-politics problem as this country’s money-in-politics problem is. Abe was definitely a creature of that problem. Not sad to see him go.

[@AW-zk5qb]

not sad to see a guy assassinated. That is a perfect example of the leftist extremist mindset

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Japan is, if possible, even worse than the US.

[@Xaphnir]

Yeah, it's interesting that the US had heavy input on Japan's constitution post-WWII, made much of it similar to the US's, and now both are socially conservative capitalist hellholes.

[@s7robin105]

The cult is the church of unification, a christian Korean based cult. According to him his mother went into debt by donating to the group. He planned on killing one of the cult leaders but instead targeted Abe who's party has some ties to the cult. Abe himself did not but as leader of the party killing him may have been seen as a blow against the party and indirectly the church.

[@Bayard1503]

Blow against the party? they won in a landslide.

[@dominicrossitto5890]

Yes, the"Moonies" so to speak. Abe did not have any connections to The Church of Unification. It is puzzling trying to figure out how he connected Abe to TCU.

[@Liliquan]

Sounds like the Church of the Collective.

[@s7robin105]

@@dominicrossitto5890 Abe was the head of the conservative party and the moonies has connections to it. Though not to Abe himself

[@s7robin105]

@Daniel S. He's not but his party has some connections

[@Elzilcho87]

The Yakuza are basically the right hand of most politicians and CEOs in Japan. Everything that “needs to be done” always ends up getting “done” by the Yakuza. Even small businesses usually get involved with them to solve minor local issues like zoning permits and bank loans, and that’s exactly what the Liberal Democratic Party wants to keep established. You get to make the rules as long as you have loyal people that’ll break the previous rules for you quietly in the background, even all the way down to the minor local levels.

[@thehumanity0]

That's pretty crazy. Well-known organized crime has basically been nonexistent in the US since the 21st century, but that might be because the criminals are now able to operate within the boundaries of the law thanks to the massive loosening of all regulations and the turn towards huge levels of corruption in the system.

[@aaronmcconkey1062]

*cia has entered the chat*

[@ssssssstssssssss]

That’s a bunch of malarkey as Biden would put it. The Yakuza’s power has been reduced tremendously and never was as great as you state

[@Woeisme2]

@@thehumanity0 kkk still exists and they're in our police force.

[@CAxALLDAY]

@@thehumanity0 the armenian mob collects my trash

[@MelliFluoGddy]

What's your reaction to the assassination of Julius Cesar?

[@SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand]

LMAOOOOOO

[@oliverkalamata2753]

🤣

[@bg7290]

LOL so true. Why such late content ffs bro you make youtube videos. How about finding time. Its like owning a business and trying to work only weekdays or something lol so silly and a terrible idea for the longevity of a news business where people want answers and facts immediately.

[@mrgaudy1954]

Gottem!

[@ricomajestic]

Haha! Good one!

[@VoxVirtus86]

The gun used to kill Abe was closer to a potato gun that it was an actual gun

[@joehill4094]

He made a black powder shotgun, thats not what anyone would classify as a "potato gun".

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Ikr. Pfft 😅

[@hybrid_grizzly]

@@joehill4094 2 shot with an electric ignition, better than a flintlock. Pretty impressive tbh

[@bbrahbboul2748]

Actually the label liberal, means conservative in most of the world especially after WW2, and no Americans are not mislabeling the democratic party since it is actually a conservative party. But they are wrong when they think liberal means leftist. Add to that the giant shift from the left to the far right politics financed by oligarchs. Which adds to the confusion.

[@latjolajban81]

I wouldn't say liberal means conservative, but I do agree it's not leftists either. Liber means free. Conservare means to preserve.

[@bbrahbboul2748]

@@latjolajban81 I remember following many elections in Europe , all the way till the nineties . liberal parties were always the conservative parties. Right now since politics shifted to the far right . Most liberal parties are considered centrists. Still they are conservatives.

[@RussianJackal]

Ugh… makeshift canon held together with duct tape. Shouldn’t Japan have done a cyber-limb with a Gatling gun operated by a school girl?

[@glendisshiko8182]

Japan is disappointingly very little anime

[@RussianJackal]

@@glendisshiko8182 Yeah, I visited in 2019, and while it wasn’t a surprise as I knew about it for a long time, it was pretty obvious. It’s actually really strange how a country that has produced some of the most creative, imaginative and bright, individualism focused, occasionally very sexual to downright perverse content ever is actually very conservative, traditionalist, nationalistic, reserved, and on occasion even biased.

[@shyguy778]

He was an unpopular figure. The sales tax killed people's incomes over there, and he was a corrupt fuck. May he rest in peace however, he shouldn't have had to die like this, my sympathies to his family.

[@przybyla420]

Plenty do, but none should.

[@nas84payne]

Sympathies to his family. None for him, however.

[@shyguy778]

@@nas84payne You know what, I just wanted to comment and say I'm ok with that bro, he was a horrible person that caused suffering in Japan, I have a friend that lives in Nagoya City, and over the last couple of years this POS and his party turned his life upside down, I'm glad to see the back of him, and I will be even more happy to see progressives gain the power that they deserve in Japan, please help raise popular support and and hear what their platforms are #ReiwaShinsengumi #YamamotoTaro

[@ernestkhalimov1007]

@@shyguy778 he had it coming by invoking the Assad Curse sir

[@RoninDave]

The August 15th demonstrations at Yasukuni Shrine could be very interesting this year. As for the shooting, it was definitely shocking. There hasn't been a political assassination since the mid-2000s but that was similar to this one being apparently a personal grudge rather than an ideological difference. As for the gun nuts saying "what about them gun laws, hurr! hurr!" considering this was a homemade gun that the guy took time to make and practice with there's not a lot of fear of a shooting epidemic erupting. The real problem is the rightwing party using this to suppress liberal groups.

[@absoleet]

Agreed. The homemade gun was practically a one-shot weapon, very different from the semi auto m4 rifles used in mass killings in US.

[@RoninDave]

@@absoleet he got two shots off the first one having missed. Gun nuts would tell us that this is proof that crazies and criminals will always find a way but my counter to their dumb point is "why make it easy for them in the first place?" The Uvalde shooter went from weird punk to school shooter in less than 30 minutes. Had he not got into an argument with his grandmother that morning, the school might have avoided the tragedy with summer vacation coming in the next day or two. But he did and went off to shoot up the school with guns and ammo he easily bought a few days ago. Again if his birthday were in June, the shooting would not have happened this school year.

[@jjn6914]

Western media's sympathetic tone over Abe's death is rather sickening. Like, they wouldn't do that for, say, a leader with Neo-Naz* hypernationalist beliefs. And yet, Abe was exactly the Japanese version of that and people are sad over his death. 🤢

[@MrManBuzz]

The media are clueless. The vast majority of the west have no idea of Abes policies or the existence of Nippon Kaigi.

[@botanicalitus4194]

yup, he was the equivalent of a holocaust denier. he denied the japanese army's war crimes in WWII which were even more cruel and horrific than the ones committed by naz in germany. Actually, the atrocities committed by the japanese in wwII were one of the worst intances of human rights violations, cruelty, and crimes against humanity in all of human history

[@jacobr5627]

On a side note, Abe did provide money to developing countries so they can establish universal healthcare but it doesn't make up for everything else he did.

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

If he only could do the same for his country.

[@jacobr5627]

@@ktheterkuceder6825 Japan already had universal healthcare before Shinzo Abe entered politics.

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

@@jacobr5627 My bad. I should have said free speech and admitting to japanese war crimes.

[@verwwe6293]

@@ktheterkuceder6825 He represents his people. I think its a good thing that he wants to protect his country's reputation over his own. He could easily throw his people under the bus and shame his country and talk about how evil his country was, whilst getting all the praise for doing so but he didn't

[@Black_Caucus]

The other stupid part about the Republican anti-gun control argument is that it's so hard to get guns in Japan, the guy had to use a makeshift gun that was only capable of firing two crappy shots before it fell apart. He was then taken down by two unarmed security guys with a basic level football tackle. It's a stupid argument on multiple fronts. There couldn't have possibly been a better example showcasing that their laws DID work exactly as designed.

[@firefly9838]

So before watching this I was sad at his death. Now I'm... less sad.

[@taylormanes5492]

9 gun deaths? In the U.S., we call that lunch time

[@jmvpams1380]

So Japan & other countries should be exactly like the US then?

[@taylormanes5492]

@@jmvpams1380 ?????????

[@bigwill-gc7su]

Granted most deaths are by gangs and suicides

[@jmvpams1380]

@@taylormanes5492 let me rephrase the question Do other countries have to replicate or at least become similar with the United States just make them just as great as it is?

[@BlackStar-hy1iy]

@@jmvpams1380 I am confused by what your point is. The joke is by lunch time 9 people die.

[@Horatio.Mantooth]

It's also a different culture than ours. Something Kyle tends to forget. We are a gun culture.

[@BlackStar-hy1iy]

They are better than the u.s in terms of gun violence

[@RCXDerp]

Yeah we are not Australia. 400 million guns will not turn to 0 no matter how bad your feelies hurt.

[@astrofpv3631]

@@RCXDerp so just accept more dead elementary students

[@zeph3187]

I like the geopolitical videos kyle, keep em coming.

[@lordlubu3029]

It's worth pointing out that the article from the Daily Beast that Kyle read is pretty fucking horrible and bias. Abe was by no means a great guy or a progressive, but he wasn't fucking Hitler either and the article goes out of its way to not provide any context and misconstrue everything Abe has done to be like some secret plot to install a fascist government. To those not familiar with Japanese politics, what Abe is doing may come across as xenophobic and uber nationalist but it really isn't, you need historical context. The context being that Japan has been under the thumb of the US since WW2 and never allowed to be its own nation, the reason why Abe is so gung-ho about nationalism and restoring the Japanese identity is because the opposition party WANTS Japan to be a puppet of the US and be completely dependent on US protection and economics. Abe and his party want Japan to be more independent and not a literal puppet state of the West. The reason the LDP party is so strong right now isn't because Abe is a fascist, it's because the other parties are subservient to the Western imperial powers and SHOCKER the Japanese people don't wanna elect a western puppet as their leader. So misconstruing "hey we'd like to rule our own country and make our own laws and not be just be a giant military base for the US" as "Ultra nationalism and fascism" is extremely dishonest to say the least

[@rams3955]

Lol OK. Im sure him being staunchly anti chinese and anti korean is totally only because he just wants Japan to be free and independent and has nothing to do with who his grandfather was. The fact is abenomics failed so Abes goal to fix his ailing aging stagnant country was to go the Mussolini route and unite the people and awaken or re-awaken them through nationalism and military strength. He wasn't able to complete that goal but I wouldn't doubt his party grabs on to his death and weaponizes it. Also you can oppose the american empire and not white wash guys like Abe and also acknowledge that a country with a tradition of burying or flat out denying its extensive history of war crimes rediscovering its nationalist routes is objectively a bad thing.

[@lordlubu3029]

@@rams3955 You realize China is anti-Japanese too right, they are massive geopolitical enemies genius. And he isn't anti-korean....he met regularly with the SK PM and improved relations between SK and Japan, this is what I mean when I say you people don't know shit about Japanese politics. Abe actively tried to improve relations with Korea to form an alliance AGAINST China to the point where he did acknowledge and apologize for the war crimes against Korea (only Japanese PM to do so) and gave REPERATIONS to the surviving Korean comfort women. You realize the far right of Japan hates Abe right? Kinda strange how Abe is a far right fascist but somehow all his enemies are on the far right lol. Abe was a centrist by any measure, he was economically conservative but that's about it. He was basically Obama. But hey, great job buying into US propaganda of him being a xenophobic fascist....even though Abe was famous for foreign diplomacy and trying to open trade and military alliances with multiple countries....but don't let facts get in the way of your reactionary feelings.

[@sawtooth808]

There were some on the Japanese Far right that thought Shinzo Abe didn’t go far enough (like take over the Kurill Islands)

[@ass4sale2]

Leave it to a white guy to read one article and think he understands everything about a foreign country.

[@krunkle5136]

The problem though is the US protects Japan and a few other countries over there from what was the threat of communism, and now just China in general. Part of the reason it's been so stable is due to the US nuclear umbrella and military operations. Breaking that arrangement would threaten the stability. Funnily enough it's both the left and right over there have argued for remilitarizing every so often. What they should invest in is anything to incentivize having more kids.

[@nateisawesome766]

The assassination never happened just like how Abe denied the Japanese genocides of WW2 🤷🏽

[@armonghaffari77]

😂😂😂😂

[@sonnyjrgensen1443]

What assassination?

[@krunkle5136]

Assassination shouldn't be normalized or joked about. Asanuma's assassination in 1960 led to a few copycats. Regardless of their beliefs unless their repeatedly calling for genocide, assassination doesn't have a place in a democracy.

[@armonghaffari77]

@@krunkle5136 Japan isn't a democracy. Abe is a literal fascist and comes from a political movement made of war criminals exonerated by the us.

[@armonghaffari77]

@@krunkle5136 I agree about being against assassinations though.

[@michaeld4861]

Wow, hopefully the Japanese people can get past this horrible man as their leader and move on to someone that's not a Nazi. I mean, denying or downplaying the Rape of Nanking is utterly horrific.

[@korrdxl]

Love these three day late reactions.

[@mixmasterfestus8096]

@@sirfranklloyd i believe a premier is done by KZbin and not OUR GOD AND SAVIOR KYLE

[@neilbarber2771]

New facts could come out after 3 days

[@Garnetzx]

to be fair, things are bound to change over time so usually it takes time for people to come around topics like these. I am sure Kyle may have had something planned 3 days ago and had to change his plans once the news about Abe came out.

[@bg7290]

@@mixmasterfestus8096 no. He openly discussed it in a podcast video recently. He does it to try to get more views lmfao. Apparently its concidered streaming by the algorithm and its just shit for his viewers. "Great now i get a 15 minute timer to tell me that a new vid is coming?" Like bro at least ineract with chat ffs. Its so annoying too bc there are many options for news that arent corporate asf

[@SapientGalaxy]

@@mixmasterfestus8096 No, youtube doesn't force some videos to be premiers. That doesn't make any sense. It's an option you can select when scheduling videos to be released.

[@terrencealexander6811]

39 vs 39,000 gun deaths. How many of those gun deaths were with legal gun vs illegal guns? You can’t stop humans from committing violence.

[@ernestkhalimov1007]

Except you can effectively lower those stats

[@BrenR]

I love Kyle and will watch his videos till the day I die but this title... How does he not see the issue (REACTS to MULTIPLE DAYS OLD news). And then he goes on about the algorithm, like whaaa

[@cameronf.4119]

Next: Kyle reacts to the confederate states losing the civil war

[@yoloparrot42]

This is really true and it's kinda funny

[@kyber452]

Okay, now let's make Shigeru Miyamoto the next prime minister of Japan.

[@knection1986]

I love how I watched TYT and Cenk tried to tell the audience that Abe was to the left of AOC 😂 Edit: Receipt just in case you want to say my comment is out of context kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGLKg5Jpg55jqrs

[@chidorirasenganz]

No way lol

[@LucianoRobino]

@@chidorirasenganz I had had a similar spiel spoon-fed to me. I must say I have swallowed it hook, line and sinker. Only now do I find some contradictory information that makes me revisit my opinion. The spiel goes something like this: he was really conservative/authoritarian but he was a bit more progressive on economics. However a more accurate retale would be as follows: allegedly his economics views were more aligned with "demand-side economics". However he never was for labor rights or anything like that.

[@the_babbleboom]

@@LucianoRobino if you eat up shit like that this easily, maybe you should hold on having opinions and sharing them and take a long good look at yourself.

[@nas84payne]

Almost choked on my cereal 😂😂😂

[@chilldragon4752]

lol. Well that's tyt for you.

[@terrencebenjamin7241]

Learned something new about Abe. Just wow.

[@hybrid_grizzly]

Nice to see a heartwarming story every now and then

[@raymondnickolas608]

[@SerfsUp1848]

Lol. Rest in piss.

[@timryan1858]

Wow, that last line "It's a one-party democracy, where the media has it's tail between it's legs, and it's likely to stay that way for decades." sound a bit familiar? ?

[@JP-ou6ss]

Just a sidenote, the right-wing in Japan is not comparable to the American right. Basically they built the Japanese welfare state, and Abe did pass several reforms in that regard, especially for integrating women into the workforce, parental leave and so on. Also, while Abe might have been similar to Trump in some ways, Japan-US relations were stronger under Obama, Abe was fundamental in the formation of TPP for example, which Trump opposed. Also japanese and south koreans didn't much like the way he dealt with China and North Korea. So it's more complex. You can like him or dislike him, but that article you read is way too one-sided and too "Americanized" for lack of a better word, in its analysis.

[@nasis18]

Great video Kyle. Just a few details I'd like to add. Japan still can't declare war. Although Shinzo Abe was able to amend the constitution, so that Japan can come to the aid of an ally. Japan as a whole is very homogeneous. 98.1% of the population is ethnically Japanese. There are some groups that are ethnically different, but still counted as "Japanese". Like the Okinawans. So, the country as a whole is very wary of outsiders.

[@therrydicule]

Number of gun related death in Japan in 2019 (so pre-pandemic): 0.02 per 100,000 people.Or 1 per 5,000,000. USA: 7.12 per 100,000 people.Or 1 per 14,045. So Japan gun laws is not fool proof, but it absolutely works. Of course some economics, social, and cultural factors are present as well: but you won't explain a rate 356 times lower of dying by firearm with these factors alone.

[@StoriesByDighe]

99% of it is just guns lol

[@peterroberts4415]

The culture is very different and the justice system is guilty until proven innocent. Crime as a whole is very low. Japan is also very homogeneous whichs helps insure trust. Japan knows that diversity is not a strength

[@therrydicule]

@@peterroberts4415 "The culture is very different." Yes, but so what? It won't explain 356 times lower gun death per capita. You can't explain that by the popularity of Kabuki theaters. Also, a lot of the American gun culture come from advertising from gun manufacturers. "Crime is really low." Technically truth, but what is considered a crime in Japan isn't necessarily a crime elsewhere. And vice-versa. This isn't specific enough to mean much if you do comparative politics related to crime. You would need more variable and a broader views. But it worth noting that Japan after 1958 controlled guns and even sword. They are gain in some freedoms from that... And their crime went down starting from 1960. "In Japan, You are guilty until otherwise." Actually, it's a lot more gray and complicated than that... Which isn't a good thing to say. Presumption of innocence is technically a thing, but it is viewed as less important. They just use a lot more forced concession which isn't a good idea. "Japan know that diversity is not a strength." I really wouldn't say that. Japan is an interesting case study in that regard, but I wouldn't see it as an example. Because in parts of demographics issues, their economics been stagnant for a decade or two. On top, because of how culture see some stuff as being awful, it increase pressure for suicides in the youth. On top of that, they still have the equivalent of racism. It's just different because racism is a cultural phenomenon. You have descriminations against Zainichi who been there since the 1940s, against Barakumin, against the Ainu, and sometime even against Gaijins. Sangokujin is like using the n-word while talking about people from Taiwan. They pay a huge price for that kind of cultural conservatism. Not exactly an example for the argument you seems to think. I agree with some cultural conservatism, but use the carrot instead of the stick. I also feel that it is really weird when American point at Japan as being culturally conservative in a good way when some Japanese see American movies as invading and kind of colonial. Hayao Miyazaki kind of sees it like that...

[@abointedtoyblingofmats]

don't care. it's not worth the risk allowing a powerful, war criminal laced federal government to take away power from citizens. go away, tyrant.

[@therrydicule]

​@@abointedtoyblingofmats How you think it works is not how it works. You seems to have it exactly wrong. 1. Do you remember Waco? Do you know the Black Panthers? Do you know about the FPO? Having guns make you a target the moment the government doesn't like you be it because of race, religion, situation with taxes, or any random reasons. If you don't believe me: find a black man in Alabaster, Alabama and give him a PTRD 41 (it is a nice gun) without ammo and pay him to walk around town for 8 hours with the gun. Just see how longs it takes for the cops to shoot at your black employee. Man, a black man doesn't even need a gun in your country to get shoot. Some get shoot simply for walking while black. 2. Buying guns means supporting the military-industrial complex and all their corruption and lack of transparency. AKA the buddies of the same war-laced government you dislike. The ones who stand to make a profit if the USA declare war on Tuvalu or whatever. After all, you are retelling talking points that came from advertisements of American gun manufacturer. Not something based in any credible data. Proof? Google "Colt's answer to the law enforcement agencies" + Model R-6000. That one is easily findable, but they are books of adverts of the gun industry. How many weapons do you think Colt is selling to different military apparatus? They literally made the M16. 3. More guns per citizens usually bring less freedom and a more coward population. Which do you think is more free: Japan or Yemen? However, at the same time, the more free a society, the more guns they tend to have... This seem confusing, isn't? That's because they are others variables at plays, so level of complexity here that I am not willing to bring (we are not in a graduate study class related to data analysis). You are not free because the USA has so many guns. The USA got so many guns because freedom and safety are present to a high level. However, the USA gots so many guns now that it's a national security risk and enter in risks related to terrorism and theoretically even civil war. You really need gun control.

[@WilliamBrowning]

I wouldn't be surprised if this assassin has connections to 731.

[@FNLNFNLN]

Good riddance. He was the Japanese equivalent of a Holocaust denier leading the government.

[@RCXDerp]

So just like the Chinese or Russians?

[@FNLNFNLN]

@@RCXDerp I wouldn't shed a tear for Putin or Xi either. What's your point?

[@gentrywalker]

Kyle REACTS To Shinzo Abe's Assassination Three Days After it Happens

[@sunlight-sky151]

Kyle is an absolute slow poke sometimes lol

[@chengzhou8711]

I can’t believe I didn’t know that Abe was this extreme

[@ownerspride8305]

That’s because you are a nincompoop who believes the far left scum media

[@icedvodka420]

Kyle I usually dont care when you do your commentary a bit late but come on this shoulda been an immediate reaction. If the former PM of Japan being assassinated doesnt warrent a timely video I seriously dont get what does. Wouldnt even care if you did a short video in your pjs on the day it happened and then do a normal segment like this whenever you get to it. Just a tiny criticism from a very long time viewer.

[@bg7290]

Same complaint from me and ive been watching as a viewer since 2015/2016

[@TrumpForPrison2023]

@@bg7290 "watching as a viewer"

[@KamAroundTheWorld]

Krystal has him by the Ball

[@icedvodka420]

​@@bg7290 Crazy to think but I think I've been watching Kyle's videos/show for over a decade now I forget exactly when I found him but it was definitely at least like 2010-2011 or sooner I was still in high school when I first discovered him and now I'm approaching 30 years old lol. Still love ya Kyle, honestly one of the only commentators I've never stopped checking in on.

[@stenergut9661]

Kyle, he used a homemade gun. he didn't have a retail gun.

[@anthonytwohill9726]

The first thing Kyle said about the gun was that it "looks like a makeshift, looks like it's being held together by duct tape."

[@mofishin2648]

@breadstickzzzzzzz He's an everyman that doesn't know what duct tape looks like .. lol

[@stenergut9661]

@@anthonytwohill9726 it should had been brought up earlier, as a counter to the right wing talking point about gun restrictions not working in Japan.

[@gabrielk2295]

A former prime minister, one of the most important man on the planet, is killed. KZbin: it is not fresh news! Me: shut up

[@Sleepgarden]

I'm just imagining some American gun nut looking at his homemade gun and being like "damn dude, hardcore" while he polishes his AR-15

[@bludaizee24]

Instead of people murdering children in America, they should go after the politicians. Remind the government who they're supposed to work for.

[@ringotheflamingo6900]

its always a church and never the met gala 😔

[@jaymethysell5111]

It's not weird that Japan's Liberal Democratic party is considered right wing. It's weird that America's Liberal Democratic party is considered left wing.

[@Dramatic_Gaming]

As a note, Abe wasn't just nationalist. He was a straight-up imperialist. He wanted to rebuild the military to reclaim japan's lost empire and was a war crimes apologist.

[@itsyaboimirage3473]

He wanted to increase military spending, sure, but you make it seem like he was the next Adolf Hitler. Which he most definetly wasn't. Pretty tame for an imperialist, unlike Xi or Putin.

[@lordlubu3029]

@breadstickzzzzzzz So does like 90% of Japan and every other country that whitewashes their history (Aka all of them)

[@flores6430]

@breadstickzzzzzzz agree

[@lordlubu3029]

Abe was a nationalist but he wasn't imperialist by any means, can you find me anywhere where he claims to want to go back to Imperial Japan?

[@itsyaboimirage3473]

@@flores6430 Atleast Japan doesn't censor googling about Nanjing. Take note, "progressives."

[@dominosnostradamus2415]

Stop freaking smoking I want you to live 100 years kyle

[@ottz2506]

Sometimes with Kyle’s channel uploads, it’s like a business owner who only barely works on weekends getting mad when other businesses who work all week and consistently keep up with trends get better feedback and ratings.

[@djangomarine6658]

He's too busy smashing Krystal. Can you blame him? Give him a break.😂

[@jca9417]

@@djangomarine6658 maybe if Kyle wasn't constantly whining about the algorithm and having stupid takes on subjects all the time , and giving surface level analysis on foreign affairs .....then yeah I wouldn't care that he's smashing Krystal.

[@theLanceInPants]

972k subs. Let's fucking go, Kyle

[@lkm3s]

I'm so ashamed of myself. I consider myself clued up politically, but I thought this guy was a good guy. That is the power of ignorance.

[@leviyoung91]

Never too late to learn, mate. We can only know so much initially.

[@thisisnotmyname8766]

Kyle reading off a clearly one sided political article is all the red flags you should consider if you deem this being informative.

[@83Chrisaaron]

Your pronunciation of the Japanese words is pretty good!

[@conniekeshet]

Ben norton at multipolarista did a deep history of japan, its fascist imperial past... to abe. Was facinating

[@AD-lh3jk]

Is that a video or article?

[@conniekeshet]

@@AD-lh3jk i saw a video. Lol. Dont like reading on my cell. Getting old.

[@grandpachas1267]

Sounds like the world is a better place today!

[@edwin5419]

"Liberal" is not contrary to their ideology. Only in the US does "Liberal" equate to progressive. Look up Classical Liberal. It's what Ayn Rand was. It's where Libertarian comes from. It's what a lot of your founding fathers were. It's why virtually every Western Democracy has a Liberal or Liberal Democrat party. It's not them. It's you.

[@EarthCreature.]

You didn't even know who Abe was before this.

[@TykoBrian7]

did you?

[@ramonserna8089]

Next week: Kyle reacts to Kennedy assasination.

[@JassZoigel]

💯

[@cajoz]

20-year Japan resident here. Japanese people mostly wouldn't have been able to tell you about Abe's history and stances. They don't get into politics. They weren't too alarmed at the crackdown on the press, or likely didn't know. The guy who killed him is likely telling the truth. It was personal. He was probably expecting to inherit his mother's wealth, but it was gone. Old people in Japan have an obscene percentage of the wealth. When people like this guy find out they're not getting anything, they are not going to be happy about it. Don't look too much further into that. Japan is full of this dark stuff. If there were any country that hid its true nature more than Japan, it isn't known to me. I find it funny people are just finding this out.

[@Bayard1503]

Not different countries, it's mostly the same everywhere, US is the one that is different. The Liberal parties were formed around 100-150 years ago all over the world, from an economic point of view they are right leaning. I mean the name liberal comes from freedom, as in free economics and trade, as little government control as possible ... So when the party is right leaning in plenty of countries in time they eventually became conservative. It's the same in mine. The social issues don't really define political doctrine, it's the way they view the economy and administration.

[@stephenzavatski8016]

That's very based.

[@VEGITAS4]

Did a ninja do it?! I bet it was a ninja! Damn ninjas!!

[@sudharmansitaraman8377]

Piece of advice Kyle: You CANNOT be reacting to such big news days late, nobody will watch it, least of all subscribe to the channel. You need to be reacting to this AT LEAST the same day. That will certainly help the channel grow. No hate, just some friendly advice from a subscriber.

[@BroodallyHonest]

As Ivan Drago once so notoriously said, "If he dies, he dies".

[@velelimaka9040]

I am Japanese What is very funny about this story is that Shinzo Abe was very popular and be worshiped with the right-wingers in Japan who dislike/hate Korea. But the reason the criminal attacked him was because Abe had Deep relationship with the Korean cult religion.(Unification Church) I knew about Abe's family has relation with this religion since his granpa Nobusuke Kish , but ignorant right-wingers who didn't know about this(seem like most of it) and they are now very shocked right now lol

[@lorainejones41]

The moonies? Wow I haven't heard much about that cult since the 90s.

[@frida507]

Thanks, that's interesting!

[@sounddilemma7559]

Thank you for the info! Appreciate it.

[@velelimaka9040]

​@@lorainejones41 you might need know about them, moonies giving strong effect Qanon circle the media created by the Unification Church called "Washington Times"repeatedly claimed that election fraud in 2020

[@lorainejones41]

@@velelimaka9040 the bits and pieces I've heard is the gunman was upset his mom was a cult member and giving away the family fortune to them.

[@slimischillin7753]

39 thousand sounds low, I would’ve thought it was higher

[@katyroseable]

Thank you Kyle, very informative.

[@TheSpiralProgression]

One small thing you got wrong was comparing prefectures to states when they’re more comparable to counties. Japan is a unitary country with just a single central government, prefecture governments, and municipal governments, just like how a state has a state government, county government, and municipal government

[@Adyman182]

Congratulations on covering this breaking news so quickly

[@flynnpaul26]

Its not like the initial incident lacked the basic coverage. Kyle is only person that I've heard give a detailed explanation of who Abe was.

[@Adyman182]

@@flynnpaul26 Every news story these days gets basic coverage, I guess he shouldn't have covered the SCOTUS ruling or any other breaking news as well, because everything got already covered by leftist channels who are not Kyle?

[@sableminer8133]

Sarcasm noted but have to say I am glad I clicked on this. So few outlets even talked yet about

[@RomilCPatel]

The whole point of watching Kyle is to get a more nuanced view on the news, not to get the news as quickly as possible.

[@uzzab6937]

@@RomilCPatel his videos aren’t nuanced anymore

[@mistercarousel1872]

Yay, an American mentioning DW and not confusing it with daily wire.

[@rmmonline]

Is it KZbin’s algorithm or Kyle’s days late reaction to news the problem 🤔

[@JassZoigel]

A little column a, a little column b?

[@yasumotonoboru]

Interesting fact: Abe was Japan's youngest post-WW2 Prime Minister. The youngest Japanese Premier overall was Hirobumi Ito, who took office at age 44 when the post of Prime Minister was created in 1885. After leaving office, he served as Resident-General of Korea (then a Japanese colony) and was assassinated (shot) by a Korean nationalist. Ito was 68, Abe was 67... coincidence?

[@blakebrown534]

Thank you for this. I was completely unaware of Abe's blatant fascism

[@itsyaboimirage3473]

Ruling as prime minister in a parliamentary system, and later RESIGNING voluntarily. Seems pretty democratic guy to me.

[@lordlubu3029]

He wasn't fascist at all the article Kyle read was bias to the extreme and completely removed all context from the Japanese political system.

[@ass4sale2]

Lol Kyle read some biased BS. If you call the status quo in Japan fascist then you need to look up what fascist is. Japan's parliament is notorious for not getting anything done. It's worse then the US Senate in terms of gridlock.

[@the_babbleboom]

@@lordlubu3029 this is fascist cope, the guy literally denied japanese imperialist massacres and promoted the idea of the empire. you have nothing but empty and very blatantly stupid words. take a hike. hitler would not have been any less of a fascist if he had stepped down when the Zentrum party was still legal and had someone else of the nazi party in charge after. how fucking corrupt and mentally weak do you have to be to think you had a convincing "argument", what an absolute joke.

[@Kevhoe]

“Anti Korean, anti Chinese” Ohhh so he’s Japanese.

[@tomkelly8827]

Kyle, are you saying that a party that has ruled Japan for a long time that is called the liberal democratic party made very strict gun laws, kept Japan a pacifist country, surely provided public health care and excellent education is right wing? It sounds like Bernie would be far far far to the right of Abbe!

[@lordlubu3029]

This is why I hate that so many lefties who know nothing about Japanese politics are just regurgitating the stupid Daily Beast article.

[@gijane2cantwaittoseeyou203]

LDP are liberal in the sense they're pro free trade and free market. I don't understand why western people use the word liberal to designate progressives.

[@cegesh1459]

In the End, Japan will likley be better off without this fascist.

[@cedricrust9953]

what is contradictory about conservative parties calling themselves liberal or liberal-democratic, Kyle? Liberalism isn't lefitsm, you of all people should know this and not view everything through an American lense

[@j0hnc00]

Parties can shift ideology but retain their original name.

[@billiebleach7889]

Politicians all over the world should think about this long and hard

[@ziggyzap1]

as a Monarchist I agree with restoring the Emperor to power but none of the other stuff he wanted

[@darkuser9992]

That "gun" is BLASPHEMY to Americans!

[@Adyman182]

Thank you for covering this important breaking news in only three days time, lightning speed!

[@RL.YT.Handle]

This isn't breaking news, it's commentary, which requires thought and analysis and doesn't need to be put out on the day of the event. Kyle isn't CNN, he's an analyst and commentator. And he does a great job of communicating complex topics in a way that non-experts can understand.

[@Adyman182]

@@RL.YT.Handle That would be A-ok if he didn't cover other important breaking news as breaking news immediately. He'd get pushback for not covering other breaking news immediately, such as the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as he rightfully did. And he can obviously do two or more videos about the same topic.

[@sableminer8133]

@@Adyman182 A bit needling on your part, fuck

[@DarthDracvla]

Samzuki Hydaiko can't keep getting away with this

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Honesty don't think that guy acted alone, The ability to create your own gun takes skill and he probably didn't learn it on his own

[@boogiemcsploogie]

It's not really that hard. I live in hillbilly country and I know at least four people that are as dumb as a sack of hammers that can make one.

[@bg7290]

Lol no it doesnt dude. Its actually really really easy and the fireworks sold nationwide in America show how easily bombs and guns can be made. Like wtf are you even talking about. 1 steel pipe and powder and a projectile is all you really need for a makeshift firearm. There is science behind it working but its really basic lol you are a goofball and had a sad childhood apparently.

[@myfraction1]

He’s Asian.

[@myfraction1]

He’s Asian.

[@emantsal7354]

It's definitely possible, but he really pissed off the Chinese government with his more assertive defense policy so if it was anyone behind it it would have been them

[@d.carter4279]

Long story short, no loss for the world here

[@westwoods7675]

Ah let's all gather around the fire to hear what Kyle knows about Japanese politics.

[@IcarusLime]

He will likely open by mentioning that he doesn’t know a lot and had to do some research.

[@pegelatrin]

Probably more than cenk

[@roigrose5045]

He actually made a very good summation of the reportage on this story so far. He used good sources and presented as complete a story as possible with a few days' perspective.

[@Sweatyleftist]

You don’t have to watch the video, you know that right?

[@lastburning]

More than Vaush!

[@theodorebear6714]

Kyle the assassin was ex military and made his own shotgun. That's the difference between the assassination and a school shooting.

[@krunkle5136]

Regardless conservatism is more warranted to a degree in Japan than the US, which is a still relatively new country that doesn't have a rich native culture (as the natives were wiped out). They deserve stability, though the antagonizing of Korea or China isn't a good look.

[@johnsinclair4621]

Tell that to the japanese women rights movement or Korean rights activists or the surprisingly big japanese communist party. „I don’t understand, Japan is so old and the culture is so rich… Why do you want to change any of it?“

[@krunkle5136]

@@johnsinclair4621 maybe they could do better to smooth those issues without being heavy handed about it, but I still hold they shouldn't be told what to do unless if it has to do with military operations.

[@johnsinclair4621]

@@krunkle5136 Nah, I will criticize japanese conservatives and celebrate japanese leftists whenever the need arises. Japanese society needs to be reformed in so many ways. They don't get a freepass for beimg shitty just because the state structure is older.

[@krunkle5136]

@@johnsinclair4621 there does need to be a shake up, but the world doesn't need to make decisions for them. I just hope it's one where the most good happens and things remain stable.

[@sussekind9717]

By the picture I saw of the weapon used, it looks like a homemade popgun. Rather simple to make, it just uses a short piece of metal pipe (or two), and a few other items found in most garages/sheds. Acquiring the shotgun shells for it, would probably be the most tricky part, in that particular country. Although, I have seen fireworks repurposed into ammo before...

[@cmfernandez9283]

To say that Japan's extreme gun control laws are ineffective is completely disingenuous. Japan's homicide rate is even lower, by far, than any European country, who also have extreme gun restrictions. So there is something societally and culturally that just makes it extremely unlikely for the Japanese to kill one another. One of those cultural aspects is that they have never had permissive civilian gun culture (except when they were waging war on all of Asia). That being said, despite having a near 0 firearm ownership, Japan leads developed nations with the highest suicide rates per capita with people hanging themselves and throwing themselves off of buildings at record rates. So comparing 9 gun deaths to the U.S. 39,000 gun deaths, nearly 2/3 of which are suicides, is not an accurate comparison. 21,000 people killed themselves in Japan in 2020, a rate of 16.8 suicides per 100k residents. In the US, total suicides, including those with a firearm were 47,000, a rate of 13.5 per 100k. Japan's suicide rate, with no firearms, is 24% higher than our own and the total number of those killed was 44% of our number despite only having 37% of our population. This is consequential because gun control advocates like to lump "gun deaths" into one big category and pass blanket laws based on the statistics produced by this super category. While gun control may have arguably done wonders for Japan's murder rate, it has done nothing to stop the Japanese from punching their time clock early.

[@RenegadeLK]

So wild that this happen but eventually people break

[@connielingus8385]

Sounds like they got the right Abe this time around.

[@krunkle5136]

Very civil.

[@michaelalexander643]

@@krunkle5136 very civil of Abe to routinely honor class A war criminals and deny the worst atrocities of WW2, spitting in the face of the tens of millions of Koreans and Chinese who were massacred, used as target practice, biological weapons testing and mass sexual and industrial slavery. His war-criminal grandfather has a nickname "the Monster of Manchuria". Koreans, Chinese and everyone with a conscience against the Japanese equivalent of Holocaust deniers and Neo-Nazis all over the world are celebrating.

[@krunkle5136]

@@michaelalexander643 assassination isn't the solution against your political opposites. I agree his denialism and the talks of remilitarizing was a problem, but he wasn't the next Hideki Tojo.

[@connielingus8385]

@@krunkle5136 apologies.

[@calipachanguero]

The real question is how are these "sexy bars" in Kabukicho?

[@JD-od6jh]

People who think that Japan is this model society are dead wrong. They have deep rooted racism and a history of atrocities (obviously) that are being denied/obfuscated. The Kavernackle has a few very good videos on the subject for those interested.

[@JassZoigel]

Just learn about what they did to the greatests

[@anthonytwohill9726]

@@JassZoigel The Greatests?

[@NightSide1349]

@@JassZoigel Who’s the greatest?

[@JassZoigel]

@@anthonytwohill9726 1909-1927, they fought the shitler war

[@JassZoigel]

@@NightSide1349 see above

[@pcharl01]

I guess that is why they said Shido from Persona 5 was based on Abe.

[@VogtTD]

There were also lefties pointing at this as a reason to restrict guns, so it was both sides making nonsense arguments.

[@TavaraTheLaughingLion]

Guns are already restricted in Japan tho, so much so that the assassin had to make a homemade firearm.

[@VogtTD]

@@TavaraTheLaughingLion I know, hence my comment that people making that argument are dumb