Traditional Japanese culture is collectivist. Naturally when they come across something that opposes their traditions and culture like communism, they label it as individualistic. I've seen right wing Japanese people even today who label communism and socialism as individualistic
Traditional Japanese culture is collectivist. Naturally when they come across something that opposes their traditions and culture like communism, they label it as individualistic. I've seen right wing Japanese people even today who label communism and socialism as individualistic
I think what they really mean are 'humanistic' and 'materialistic', from a western understanding of the terms. .
Also because socialism originated as an extrapolation of liberal reasoning.