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Ep 536 - Confessions of a Mask, by Yukio Mishima

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The Nationalism of the Shield Society

His right wing leanings began to be commented on in his writing. He and members of a militia that he founded, the shield society, enter a military base,. takes the commander hostage, gives a big speech demanding that japan's military forces over the country's constitution. After delivering this, the speech, he commits ritual suicide after taking him hostage. And allso commitnece. I think the the nationalism i am inclined to view as problematic because of my experience with it here in, you know, in western society and in 20 20. But we don't have as much context for what that means for people who live through wor war too.

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