Not a good sign. I dont know this girl, so she could just be particularly weak willed, but feeling the need to issue an apology for something that you aren't sorry for is one of the first signs of these lunatics gaining power.
Japanese will apologize for anything at the drop of a hat. You are expected to apologize even if you don't mean it. You are expected to dramatically and performatively apologize if you do.
The crybullies smell blood in the water and are circling their next prey.
Not a good sign. I dont know this girl, so she could just be particularly weak willed, but feeling the need to issue an apology for something that you aren't sorry for is one of the first signs of these lunatics gaining power.
Japanese will apologize for anything at the drop of a hat. You are expected to apologize even if you don't mean it. You are expected to dramatically and performatively apologize if you do.
The crybullies smell blood in the water and are circling their next prey.
the flip side is pretty much nobody takes these Japanese public apologies seriously unless at least a scapegoat gets fired from the job
You're not wrong there, but one would have hoped such tendencies wouldn't stretch to cover total unbridled delusions.