A Notion Of Nation

Re:You really want a comparison(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.11 3:08 (#17185726) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.11 2:22)
A nation is not eternal. There's a time the concept of nation is quite a big, on the other hands there's a time the concept as a nation is fading away. Right now Japan has no millitary power, the self-defence force is a kind of police power. Diplomacy completely follows America. Now it has been more and more hard to find the features that form the unique characters as an independent nation.
There's another point. The existence of nation is established under the basis that the power of nation is much stronger than that of individuals. Japan used to be so. Now the power of private wealth has been about to exceed the limit of national border. This is based on a system of capitalism. Instead the role of government has been smalller and smaller these days.
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