There are two countries in the world that are very similar: Britain and Japan
Britain and Japan are both island countries.
The UK takes advantage of Europe's split state on the island and deeply intervenes in European politics, allowing Europe to develop in a direction that conforms to the UK's utilization and expansion.
Japan was the first to enter industrialization in Asia. They changed two teachers in the process of development: Netherlands When they were the most powerful in the Age of Navigation, they learned from the Netherlands and produced " Lanxue "; Meiji Restoration After the Meiji Restoration , they began to vigorously learn from Britain and developed a strong navy.
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Before the first battle with , Japan also formed an alliance with the United Kingdom and became a loyal "student" of Britain. Strategically, Japan also learns from the UK, thinking about "sitting on the island to look at the mainland", and controlling the Asian continent and establishing the "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Circle".
After in World War II, although Britain was a victorious country, its national strength was declining and its progress was getting worse day by day; although Japan was a defeated country, with the support of the United States, it developed very quickly and became one of the four Asian dragons in .
Whether it is the recession of the UK or the resurgence of Japan, it is a need of the US strategy; and the nature of these two countries that hope to control the mainland has remained unchanged.
Now, the UK cannot control Europe because its strength is constantly declining; Japan cannot control Asia because there is a strong China on the Asian continent.
After the new century, the world has entered a "great changes unseen in a century". The two "island countries" of Britain and Japan have become even more chaotic. They have constant political, economic and geopolitical security problems.
With the departure of the Queen, the last bit of the halo of Britain was gone.
Britain is a country on the edge of the European continent, and it is every day to prevent the European continent from becoming stronger; if any country becomes stronger in Europe, the United Kingdom will use various means to suppress the country.
has always been the first to enter industrialization in the United Kingdom, and they look down on European countries. In their eyes, Italy is full of lazy people; France is a bunch of countrymen; Germany is a place where inferior people gather in the eyes of Britain.
World War , defeating Britain's "sun never set" transcendent status: the establishment of Bretton Woods system , disintegrating the pound's international currency status; The First Middle East War , ending the British rule of the world's throat Suez Canal .
After the war, life was getting worse every year. The colonies were decreasing one by one, and advanced industries were in a hurry. For Europe, they have neither control nor can they integrate into one. They join EU and withdraw from the EU awkwardly.
To be honest, after World War II, in addition to Elizabeth II, , there was still some relatively high reputation in the world, just like a candlelight in the shadow of Britain's gradual decline;
, in addition, the most famous thing in the world is the British football hooligan who cannot fight against Russia, and the position of the British Prime Minister , which is changing faster and faster.
On October 20, British Prime Minister Tras, who had only been in office for 45 days, announced his resignation as prime minister, and she set a new record for the British Prime Minister's "shortest term";
Before her, the shortest discipline was George Canning, who became Prime Minister in 1827. He reigned for 119 days, but he was not in poor work but in poor health and died in the position of prime minister.
I really don’t know how Britain, which is proud of “democracy”, chose a prime minister like Tras: when the Trade Minister sells arms and offends the United States; when the Foreign Secretary can’t figure out the geography and treats Russia’s territory as a place for Ukraine, causing a joke in the world. Although
is obviously incompetent, Tras was pushed to the throne of prime minister under the party politics ; she did not lose at all: even if the British Prime Minister has been a one-day, he still has a "lifelong allowance".
Although she introduced an economic plan to "reduce taxes to the rich" as soon as she took office, causing the pound to fall and the country's economy to turmoil, Tras' treatment will not change. Anyway, no matter what turmoil occurs in the future, her "quality" of life will be guaranteed.
Tras hurt the most because the "national reputation" that Britain had only a few left was severely damaged. The whole world was like watching monkey plays, watching the farce in the British political arena.
The British themselves also know that something went wrong with their country: after the queen passed away, the halo was no longer there; first they changed one after another, but the ones changed were always worse than the previous one; people who were truly capable could not become prime minister.
"Its rise is thriving, and its demise is suddenly gone" Japanese
" Yu . Tang blames himself, and his prosper is also contrary to his prosper, and Jie and Zhou blame others, and their demise is also suddenly gone" comes from "Zuo Zhuan", which means:
Yu and Tang blame themselves, their prosperity is very rapid and unstoppable, Jie and Zhou blame others, and their demise is also very rapid, and suddenly.
Japan started the "Meiji Restoration" in 1868 and ended in 1945. In less than a hundred years, the fate of the country was like a roller coaster ride, reaching its peak at lightning along the way and then falling to the bottom.
Before opening the country, Japan was a country with lack of resources and self-satisfied; because there are many volcanoes and earthquakes in the small islands, the islanders have a deep fear of survival and have a strong yearning for the mainland.
However, several invasions of the mainland ended in failure. They had to play their "shogunate politics" on the island. Where there were military forces occupied the regime. The emperor was just a symbol. If you want to live a better life, you have to look at the face of " Shogunate ".
"Meiji Restoration" has put Japan on the road of industrialization, overthrowing the "shogunate" has allowed the emperor to come to the forefront of the state, and Japan has embarked on the road of "militarism".
At that time, it was the middle and late stage of colonial countries dividing the world. Except for Japan, other countries in Asia were closed and backward agricultural countries; the developed Japan was inconspicuous in the world, but it was a "god" existence in Asia, and could beat anyone.
894, when China, which had never allowed Japan to take a step forward in the mainland, was almost divided by European and American powers, Japan launched the " Sino-Japanese War of 1895" of "invasion of China". After this battle, the dying Qing Dynasty soon died.
defeated Qing Dynasty and defeated Tsarist Russia , Japan walked to the front of the world stage and entered the highlight of its own country; countries around the world also looked at him with admiration and guarding against Japan began from then on.
The "Yellow Peril Theory" of Westerners discriminating against Asians appeared at this time. As long as there are powerful countries in Asia, Westerners think that "this is a yellow peril."
After World War II, the Americans controlled Japan and were almost the colony of the United States; at the same time, they were also Japanese thugs in Asia. The most important "sovereignty" of a country is "political, economic, military, and diplomatic". Japan has no power in this regard:
Politically, Americans control it, the emperor becomes "looking", and all political parties are minions trained by Americans; even Japan's "right wing", it is also a "war criminal" released by Americans as the backstage.
Germany and Japan are both controlled by the United States and
Economically, the United States handed over the "logistics support" and "equipment maintenance" of the US military in Asia to Japan. These two items alone allowed Japan's industry to develop again; at the same time, in order to build a fortress at the fortress of the Asia-Pacific frontier, the United States has given Japan "that can be taken back at any time" in many aspects.
Military, the United States does not allow Japan to have its own army, and the US military is stationed in various parts of Japan. This alone can show Japan's position in the United States' strategic planning: Japan is just a pawn and a pawn of the United States' Asia-Pacific strategy.
diplomatically, although Japan has a certain degree of autonomy, it is on the premise that it does not affect the US strategy. " China-Japan-South Korea Free Trade Zone " has been delayed, and Japan has inexplicably killed several political leaders. Since then, no Japanese politician dares to mention this matter.
is precisely because of "its rise and fall, and its fall." Japan quickly became a world power, and was quickly defeated back to its original form, becoming the "colonial" of the United States.After the search of " Square Agreement ", Japan entered the new century with economic trauma, and its politics and economy became more unstable.
When a country is instable in "political and economic" it will find ways and achieve results in "military and diplomatic", otherwise the country will quickly fall into dust and become a last-rate country.
Japan is no exception. They continue to strengthen their military forces, and now Asia has become an autonomous force; but the United States is unwilling to relax its control over Japan's reins.
Therefore, Japanese politicians represented by Shinzo Abe are looking for trouble in Asia on the one hand, and flattering the United States on the other hand, wanting to highlight their importance and the necessity of developing military.
In diplomacy, Japan also followed the United States and almost offended all the countries around it. Because of the "island" problem, their relations with China have become drastically worse.
made Russia furious because of the Ukrainian issue. Russia also imposed sanctions on Japanese politicians including Prime Minister Kishida Fumio : they are not allowed to enter Russia for the rest of their lives.
Japan's actions were exchanged for the United States' recognition of him, and for the fact that he could make his debut on the world stage after the United States.
When the United States raised interest rates for the US dollar for its own economy, causing the US dollar to be tight in the world capital market, the Japanese currency
immediately fell sharply, and the economic outlook was bleak. Fumio Kishida's cabinet, which had just been in power for a few months, was shaky."Idiot, the problem is the economy", the same embarrassing situation
Japan and the United Kingdom, two countries with very high similarity, are now at this point, and of course, many reasons can be found, because the world economic situation is not good, it is the general trend.
But the main reason is that there are problems with the UK and Japan themselves, and they have not made a realistic national positioning based on their own strength.
Britain has always wanted to regain its strength. During the reign of Mrs. Thatcher, despite the ridiculous economic situation, he devoted all his strength to fight Argentina . Although Argentina was defeated, the British economy worsened.
Britain is having a hard time now, mainly because the family accumulated during the colonial period has been eaten up. Just think about it, why does an island country with no resources have such high benefits? They are not Middle Eastern oil countries.
is not the colonial period now, and Britain can rob wealth from all over the world to support the British; the pound is not the world's currency now, and Britain cannot use financial means to plunder wealth in disguise. Now, only Americans have this skill.
So, no matter how hard it is, as long as the UK does not make breakthroughs in manufacturing and does not make something "revolutionary" in technology, it is absolutely impossible for them to return to the peak. No one can do it. Idiot, the problem is the economy," the same embarrassing situation.
. As long as Japan put aside its unrealistic fantasies, get rid of its habitual dependence on the United States, and honestly develops relations with neighboring countries. According to the "sense of crisis" in the hearts of the Japanese, with the current technological and industrial strength, it can actually live a good life.
But Japan has the heart of "snake swallowing elephant", the speculative idea of "fishing in troubled waters", and the inexplicable arrogance of the so-called "G7 countries". All these have the potential to go out now and its strengths cannot be used.
If Japan is honest in Asia, together with China and South Korea, and runs the "free trade zone", the Japanese economy can be guaranteed at a "high level";
It is a pity that under the control of the United States and under the leadership of Japanese "pro-American" politicians, Japan can now be "paralipple at a high level".
Of course, no matter how difficult it is, the people on the island will not forget their "sense of crisis", which is really good. Didn't the UK launch a "global British plan"?
Japanese are even on the island, shouting "Win, come on" every day!
