Why Was Japan Never Colonized?
An episode of the The Radicalist podcast, hosted by David Josef Volodzko, titled "Why Was Japan Never Colonized?" was published on March 30, 2024 and runs 6 minutes.
March 30, 2024 ·6m · The Radicalist
Episode Description
The socialist magazine Jacobin embarrassed itself this week by claiming the new miniseries Shōgun “shows something rarely seen on screen: the shocking hubris of the colonizer and dehumanization of the colonized.”
Social media had a field day with this because, as we all know, Japan was not only never colonized but was one of history biggest colonizers. A friend asked me, why was Japan never colonized? Here’s my answer.
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