There's nothing wrong with improving yourself as a person, and reading certain foreign books can unlock new perspectives and understanding; just be careful not to conflate exotic ideologies, people and beliefs with automatic self "improvement". There's likely plenty of good books from places you are already a part of to read through, albeit some might be older rather than newer.
I've seen a lot of people jump on trends and follow people and authors who are quite questionable when you actually look at their lives, as opposed to people who make a lot more sense to look into. One such example of a person who trended for a while fairly recently was Yukio Mishima in certain conservative/right wing circles, and he was not someone worth following.
I still personally recommend reading the Bible as the most powerful and best way for improving one's life and hopefully saving one's soul if you decide to accept Jesus, as well as important objective truths. There's a reason it stands at the foundation of Western civilization, and many positive parts of other civilizations (i.e. Christians in other regions such as the East)
Critique his methods all you want, but Mishima is a certified chad that deserves admiration insomuch as he saw globalism taking root and took a stand against it. It's hard to look at the present state of Japan and think anything other than "yeah, he was largely right." That doesnt mean there aren't whack parts about his philosophy.
I would recommend his Sea of Fertility to anyone who can read Japanese.
Being against globalism doesn't mean much, plenty of cuckservatives can profess the same but fail miserably otherwise. I view that as the "broken clock" part which baits people into him.
certified chad
No, he's not a certified chad; he was ultimately an uncharismatic, physically weak failure who died a dog's death and his final actions in a failed coup resulted in his very few friends' suicides, even when he begged them not to.
Judge a man by his actions and the way he lives his life, not by whatever beliefs he claims to profess, since words are cheap.
His philosophy was complete foolishness and other people's similar beliefs in such things (his so called "Japanese irrationalism", which included things like literal ritual suicide, banzai charges, and blindly following the emperor) was part of the reason why Japan lost the war so miserably, and even got into the war in the first place. Mishima was someone who did not value Japanese life, he just wanted people to do what he believed because he mistakenly thought he was right about his own shit, just because he knew something else obvious was wrong.
If you want a certified chad from Japan, look into someone like General Kuribayashi. That man thought differently from all the retards around him, and used his knowledge and understanding in an actual life or death conflict, had high morale for those under him, commanded respect, loyalty and admiration from actual soldiers, and unironically saved Japan from literal disaster and invasion while living around the same time period.
He was against Japanese foolishness, and encouraged adapting to situations while still never giving up his Japanese roots, conscience, or his duty. He was one of the only commanders, if not the only commander in the entire Japanese army worth a damn who actually understood how to fight the war and be an honorable man who values the lives of the Japanese people, and they treated him like comparative shit and didn't listen to him when they should've.
Being against globalism doesn't mean much, plenty of cuckservatives can profess the same but fail miserably
Today? Sure, maybe. In the 60's and 70's? While certainly not the only one, it absolutely puts him way ahead of the curve. And comparing him to cuckservatives is a bit excessive. Most cuckservatives are double agent backstabbers trying to pass themselves off as something they aren't. They fail because most don't even want what they claim to want.
There really isn't much for me to say other than that assessment is just unnecessarily harsh. The world would be a much better place today if Japan, and many other countries, maintained a modicum of respect for themselves and their own cultures.
His ideas aren't exactly the most applicable on a grand scale because they are very Japan-specific, so in that sense there really isn't all that much western conservatives have to gain from him, but the nationalism in a general sense in the face of a rapidly cucking society, and having the balls to put one's life on the line to send a message about it certainly earns my respect.
While certainly not the only one, it absolutely puts him way ahead of the curve. And comparing him to cuckservatives is a bit excessive. Most cuckservatives are double agent backstabbers trying to pass themselves off as something they aren't. They fail because most don't even want what they claim to want.
You don't get it. My point isn't that he is as bad as the cuckservatives, my point is that just because he can say "globalism bad" doesn't mean "Mishima good", just like anyone else who can say something you might agree with, but fuck you over otherwise. Mishima's life was literally a disastrous wreck and failure, and so is his ideology.
unnecessarily harsh
It is not unnecessarily harsh, it is quite literally looking at his actions and the life he led. Tell his friends' girlfriend that it was "unnecessarily harsh". Tell everyone who died in a banzai charge or committed unnecessary seppuku, or died in a kamikaze attack at the command of the Emperor "harsh". Tell it to Kuribayashi, who was sent on a suicide mission (and who was the hero who actually saved Japan) for opposing a foolish plan by Japan, harsh.
If you got your friends killed because of your actions, you don't think you would deserved to be judged harshly? You talk about these beliefs without looking at who these people actually are.
His ideas aren't exactly the most applicable on a grand scale because they are very Japan-specific, so in that sense there really isn't all that much western conservatives have to gain from him, but the nationalism in a general sense in the face of a rapidly cucking society, and having the balls to put one's life on the line to send a message about it certainly earns my respect.
No offense, but you are likely a misguided person, and I hope you realize this when you get some actual role models in your life to look up to. His ideas are generally inapplicable, period, they are even worse for the Japanese.
If you believe in him so strongly, I'd tell you to go follow his example and commit suicide, but then you might be offended that I'd tell you to follow this guy's actions rather than whatever abstract, naive, nice pie-in-the-sky sounding stuff he puts out in his literature.
I literally hand you a better figure on a plate, someone who contradicts Yukio's foolish ideas, and who did more for Japan as an actual soldier and war hero, than Mishima or 99.999999% of Japanese people in the last century ever did. Kuribayashi was literally above reproach by anyone with an actual brain, but the fools in Japan showed what happens when an entire nation's military buys into a retarded ideology like Yukio's.
Fuck's sake dude, you support someone who would be fine with the nation committing its own suicide if the emperor said as much, learn to get some perspective on what these people actually believe through their actions, not what people tell you online.
There's nothing wrong with improving yourself as a person, and reading certain foreign books can unlock new perspectives and understanding; just be careful not to conflate exotic ideologies, people and beliefs with automatic self "improvement". There's likely plenty of good books from places you are already a part of to read through, albeit some might be older rather than newer.
I've seen a lot of people jump on trends and follow people and authors who are quite questionable when you actually look at their lives, as opposed to people who make a lot more sense to look into. One such example of a person who trended for a while fairly recently was Yukio Mishima in certain conservative/right wing circles, and he was not someone worth following.
I still personally recommend reading the Bible as the most powerful and best way for improving one's life and hopefully saving one's soul if you decide to accept Jesus, as well as important objective truths. There's a reason it stands at the foundation of Western civilization, and many positive parts of other civilizations (i.e. Christians in other regions such as the East)
Critique his methods all you want, but Mishima is a certified chad that deserves admiration insomuch as he saw globalism taking root and took a stand against it. It's hard to look at the present state of Japan and think anything other than "yeah, he was largely right." That doesnt mean there aren't whack parts about his philosophy.
I would recommend his Sea of Fertility to anyone who can read Japanese.
Being against globalism doesn't mean much, plenty of cuckservatives can profess the same but fail miserably otherwise. I view that as the "broken clock" part which baits people into him.
No, he's not a certified chad; he was ultimately an uncharismatic, physically weak failure who died a dog's death and his final actions in a failed coup resulted in his very few friends' suicides, even when he begged them not to.
Judge a man by his actions and the way he lives his life, not by whatever beliefs he claims to profess, since words are cheap.
His philosophy was complete foolishness and other people's similar beliefs in such things (his so called "Japanese irrationalism", which included things like literal ritual suicide, banzai charges, and blindly following the emperor) was part of the reason why Japan lost the war so miserably, and even got into the war in the first place. Mishima was someone who did not value Japanese life, he just wanted people to do what he believed because he mistakenly thought he was right about his own shit, just because he knew something else obvious was wrong.
If you want a certified chad from Japan, look into someone like General Kuribayashi. That man thought differently from all the retards around him, and used his knowledge and understanding in an actual life or death conflict, had high morale for those under him, commanded respect, loyalty and admiration from actual soldiers, and unironically saved Japan from literal disaster and invasion while living around the same time period.
He was against Japanese foolishness, and encouraged adapting to situations while still never giving up his Japanese roots, conscience, or his duty. He was one of the only commanders, if not the only commander in the entire Japanese army worth a damn who actually understood how to fight the war and be an honorable man who values the lives of the Japanese people, and they treated him like comparative shit and didn't listen to him when they should've.
Today? Sure, maybe. In the 60's and 70's? While certainly not the only one, it absolutely puts him way ahead of the curve. And comparing him to cuckservatives is a bit excessive. Most cuckservatives are double agent backstabbers trying to pass themselves off as something they aren't. They fail because most don't even want what they claim to want.
There really isn't much for me to say other than that assessment is just unnecessarily harsh. The world would be a much better place today if Japan, and many other countries, maintained a modicum of respect for themselves and their own cultures.
His ideas aren't exactly the most applicable on a grand scale because they are very Japan-specific, so in that sense there really isn't all that much western conservatives have to gain from him, but the nationalism in a general sense in the face of a rapidly cucking society, and having the balls to put one's life on the line to send a message about it certainly earns my respect.
You don't get it. My point isn't that he is as bad as the cuckservatives, my point is that just because he can say "globalism bad" doesn't mean "Mishima good", just like anyone else who can say something you might agree with, but fuck you over otherwise. Mishima's life was literally a disastrous wreck and failure, and so is his ideology.
It is not unnecessarily harsh, it is quite literally looking at his actions and the life he led. Tell his friends' girlfriend that it was "unnecessarily harsh". Tell everyone who died in a banzai charge or committed unnecessary seppuku, or died in a kamikaze attack at the command of the Emperor "harsh". Tell it to Kuribayashi, who was sent on a suicide mission (and who was the hero who actually saved Japan) for opposing a foolish plan by Japan, harsh.
If you got your friends killed because of your actions, you don't think you would deserved to be judged harshly? You talk about these beliefs without looking at who these people actually are.
No offense, but you are likely a misguided person, and I hope you realize this when you get some actual role models in your life to look up to. His ideas are generally inapplicable, period, they are even worse for the Japanese.
If you believe in him so strongly, I'd tell you to go follow his example and commit suicide, but then you might be offended that I'd tell you to follow this guy's actions rather than whatever abstract, naive, nice pie-in-the-sky sounding stuff he puts out in his literature.
I literally hand you a better figure on a plate, someone who contradicts Yukio's foolish ideas, and who did more for Japan as an actual soldier and war hero, than Mishima or 99.999999% of Japanese people in the last century ever did. Kuribayashi was literally above reproach by anyone with an actual brain, but the fools in Japan showed what happens when an entire nation's military buys into a retarded ideology like Yukio's.
Fuck's sake dude, you support someone who would be fine with the nation committing its own suicide if the emperor said as much, learn to get some perspective on what these people actually believe through their actions, not what people tell you online.