Hey I don’t know, I’m six.
You might be reading Derek’s blog and this sums up my value system, pretty much perfectly:
The samurai adhered to a way of life, ethics, rules, and a code that spread to all branches of society, and even today affects the way Japanese think.
- Buddhism taught them to stay calm and patient.
- Confucianism taught them that relationships between people are the basis of society – to respect our ancestors, relatives, and superiors.
- Loyalty, justice, and honor are central.
- Sincerity, compassion, courtesy, and honesty are important key values.
Though the samurai no longer exist, this way of viewing life is ever-present in society. Students are loyal to their teachers. Workers are loyal to their companies, putting in long overtime hours. Japanese are loyal, honest, sincere, and disciplined at work. They follow rules and try to improve themselves every day, just as the samurai did in their time.
I know it’s dumb, I’m not living in Japan. The Samurai way makes so much sense to me. People don’t understand the importance of relationships, humility and modesty and then wonder why the fuck the richest 85 people hold as much wealth as the 3.2B poorer. It’s because there’s no relationship at all. Like kings in the past having giant structures being built for someone that doesn’t exist while people around are dying by the hundreds. It’s dumb. I’d rather have had less cathedrals and cleaner villages.
The individualistic society is BS, we depend on each other from the maid to the air traffic control tower. Companies forge contracts with the state all the time, everything is subsidized, if a factory burns in China your phone might get delayed etc. I don’t understand why people don’t see this. Meanwhile well, I guess I should get some cornrows and start a “cleaning” business.
Loved that movie, obviously. Am I that dude but with a bass and wifi instead of a sword and pigeons? SHIT.