When I was in Japan I realized that they actually read the fine print on things. Over here in the US the fine print is just a wall of legal mumbo-jumbo so the company can dodge any legal liability. Over there, the fine print I encountered was actually important and readable... and they expected you to actually read it and follow it.
Also, it seems like most of their societal norms are enforced by the society itself through social pressure like shame and ostracization, not legal measures.
Make no mistake, they have their own problems, but there was something liberating about being in a country where the first recourse for every disagreement wasn't to sue them or take them to small claims court.
tfw Japan is more free than the US
Japan is pretty hardcore about what it does enforce. Many places in the US don't enforce much of anything.
When I was in Japan I realized that they actually read the fine print on things. Over here in the US the fine print is just a wall of legal mumbo-jumbo so the company can dodge any legal liability. Over there, the fine print I encountered was actually important and readable... and they expected you to actually read it and follow it.
Also, it seems like most of their societal norms are enforced by the society itself through social pressure like shame and ostracization, not legal measures.
Make no mistake, they have their own problems, but there was something liberating about being in a country where the first recourse for every disagreement wasn't to sue them or take them to small claims court.
Funny cause the only time I ever was sued was from a Japanese guy on a student visa.
I hate to say it, but if you live in LA, DC or NYC (or pretty much anywhere in Massachusetts), I think that may well have been the case for some time…
Sadly.