I do agree, although Japanese authority is probably worthy of far more respect than Western authority. This is a country where companies go on TV and apologize for having to increase prices when they have no other choice.

Respect for authority is a two-way street: authority also has to at least pretend to care about you. In the West, this is not the case. I'm no Japan expert, but it seems to be much more the case in Japan. At the very least, they have a functioning society with very low crime rates and no immigration. To a European, that looks like paradise, considering what the parasites who are our elites have inflicted on us.