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submitted 8 months ago by keepcarrot@hexbear.net to c/history@hexbear.net

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I saw a conversation here where someone thought homophobia wasn't that bad in the 90s.

I had someone else say they didn't remember any anti-Japanese racism in Australia in the 90s. I being on the receiving end of it would remember it pretty strongly, but to forget it entirely?

Just really poor memory

(History? I guess this is history subbear. Given how much people seem to misinterpret events happening now, what does that say about writing of events at the tim?)

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[–] M68040@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Wasn't the prospect of Japan taking over the world a recurring plot thread in speculative '90s political fiction? Tom Clancy's Debt of Honor (1994), that kind of thing. Also seems like a line of thought in op-eds from the period.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Constantly. Cyberpunk leaned heavily in to the idea that cheap consumer electronics would vault Japan to global domination.

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

lol they were just east a little bit too far

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