Ever since the end of ww2, Japan has been an American colony.
Though imagine being a nip politician and your legacy is "i doomed my people's future by pretending i had a stomach ache to avoid voting on a crucial moment because i let myself be bribed or blackmailed"
Though this could also be what happens when a country is completely in debt to the bankers.
They couldn't vote against it without having backdoor Yakuza show up at your house with CIA weapons, so not voting is all you can do. The only way to not vote is to not be there because of illness.
Not voting is the same as letting the other side win, The original point still stands which is that they cited stomach aches to not vote against it because they were being bribed or blackmailed.
Ever since the end of ww2, Japan has been an American colony. Though imagine being a nip politician and your legacy is "i doomed my people's future by pretending i had a stomach ache to avoid voting on a crucial moment because i let myself be bribed or blackmailed"
Though this could also be what happens when a country is completely in debt to the bankers.
I'm fairly certain the stomach problem was a protest.
You protest a bill by not showing up to vote against it and pretending you had a stomach ache?
They couldn't vote against it without having backdoor Yakuza show up at your house with CIA weapons, so not voting is all you can do. The only way to not vote is to not be there because of illness.
Not voting is the same as letting the other side win, The original point still stands which is that they cited stomach aches to not vote against it because they were being bribed or blackmailed.