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JAPAN: A CASE STUDY

If the unending stream of immigrants from countries south of the border, from Central and South America, is mainly caused by economic reasons – where people are seeking better material lives – then what can be done about it? The last posting suggested a program of investing in those countries with the attempt to turn those economies around. The aim would be to modernize those economies and to demotivate their people from migrating to the United States.

That posting suggested that a view of the history of Japan might give one insights into what a traditional country should do since that nation was traditional – in the 1800s – and today is a vibrant industrial/postindustrial nation. Relying on the reporting of David Landes,[1] this review has established that the Japanese cultural character played a central role.

That is, they enjoyed strong domestic institutions such as family and community life which led to a sense of self-confidence. In turn, that confidence made it non-threatening for them to seek information and contacts with the world’s industrial nations of that time. With that information they were instructed about what to do and not do on their path toward modernization.

And so, they did. Here are some of the steps they initiated:

Hiring experts and technicians from industrial nations

Sent Japanese agents to industrial nations – in Europe and America – to garner whatever they could from their eyewitness experiences

Conducted extensive comparative analysis of the information and insights they acquired

Extended their research to military information – first heavily relying on the French model and then, after the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), the German model

Abandonment of feudalist form of governance (the rule of local lords) and adoption of a central form of governance

Adopted British style trade policies as modeled on the Navigation Acts in England that in earlier phases of industrialization instituted protective policies that were only lightened after their industry was soundly established

When their industry was established, again like Britain, instituted a more laissez-faire model

Under the leadership of Okubo Toshimichi, instilled a more disciplined, hardworking orientation to work and development – opting for a German orientation

And by utilizing comparative advantage opportunities, began efforts with light industrial products, small scale efforts such as cotton mills, wooden waterwheels, coal mining

All of these elements or steps led from small production to big production over long periods of developmental processes. Landes summarizes these processes as follows:

But the long haul to parity needed not so much money as people – people of imagination and initiative, people who understood economies of scale, who knew not only production methods and machinery but also organization and what we now call software. The capital would follow and grow.

The Japanese determined to go beyond consumer goods. If they were to have a modern economy, they had to master the heavy work: to build machines and engines, ships and locomotives, railroads and ports and shipyards. The government played a critical role here, financing reconnaissance abroad, bringing in foreign experts, building installations, and subsidizing commercial ventures. But more important were the talent and determination of Japanese patriots, ready to change careers in the national cause, and the quality of Japanese workers, especially artisans, with skills honed and attitudes shaped by close teamwork and supervision in craft shops.[2]

Landes characterizes all this as the Japanese version of Weber’s Protestant ethic. That would be their form of a culturally based human capital foundation.

Given the initial question – can Latin countries south of the American border develop viable, modern economies? – does the Japanese example answer or help answer that question? The opinion here is that it does not or does not very much but does give one insight as to what is involved. For one thing, no one is arguing that those Latin countries become industrial powerhouses, but that they become viable economies capable of providing employment and opportunities for the bulk of their populations.

With that more modest aim, the blogger believes the Japanese example can offer some insight. And to begin with is a recognition that culture indeed does matter and that those in charge of any policy changes in this field need to be sensitive and knowledgeable about the cultural factors involved.

The path to the ideal, whatever that is, will be complex and involved. As with the Japanese, having the productive motives that the Japanese exhibited, the necessary capital will follow. And a bit of advice: the efforts should begin with those who took it upon themselves to make the trip to the US – they have demonstrated gumption, bravery, and energy to improve their conditions. These are qualities a nation can exploit – even hold as essential – in any attempt to improve their economic standing.

[1] David Landes, “Culture Makes Almost All the Difference,” in Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress, eds. Lawrence E. Harrison and Samuel P. Huntington (New York, NY: Basic Books), 2-13. Factual claims of this posting based on this source.

[2] Ibid., 9-10.

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zeldasnotes · 2 months

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Whats in the chart of an escort? 💵

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I will especially take a look at these asteroids:

Aphrodite(1388) - Patron of prostitues, goddess of sex, love and beauty.

Geisha(1047) - Geisha, a member of a professional class of women in Japan whose traditional occupation is to entertain men, in modern times, particularly at businessmen’s parties in restaurants or teahouses.

BLM Lilith(h13) - Rebelling against the traditional expectation and roles for women.

Annie Sprinkle

Annie M. Sprinkle is an American certified sexologist, performance artist, former prostitute and advocate for sex work.

Aphrodite conjunct Ascendant: She identifies with the same things as Aphrodite. We usually live out the myth of the asteroids we have on the Sun or Ascendant.

BLM Lilith in the 2nd house: Lilith in the 2nd house in common in people who might not want a ”regular job”. Its also common in people who use their body and sex for financial gain. Lilith is also at 10°

Midheaven at 8°: Midheaven in a Scorpio degree often indivates working or being known for something taboo. Shes famous for 8th house matters.

Uranus in the 10th house: Shows changing the industry or society in some way. Shes a an activist for sex workers rights. She worked for the production of feminist based xxx movie content, include understanding of female genitalia and xxx movies based on women's desires, Sprinkle has contributed to feminist pornography and the larger social movement of feminism.

Geisha & Lust in the 6th house: Lust is basically her job & her job very similar as the job of a Geisha. Geisha is in a Sag degree and she worked with sex education and teaching how to please.

Eros in the 2nd house: Makes money on erotica.

Ulla

Famous French prostitute based in Lyon who, in 1975, led the "Prostitute French Women" movement.

Eros conjunct Ascendant: This makes for a very sexual person who most times enjoys expressing their sexuality.

Midheaven at 11°: Midheaven art an Uranus degree = unconventional job and public image.

Mercury in the 8th house: She is a spokesperson(mercury) for prostitues. Very knowledgeable in the field of 8th house themes.

Asteroid Lilith in the 6th house: She rebels through her work and daily routine.

Pluto in the 5th house: She entertains (5th house) with sex (Pluto). Pluto is also the 8th house ruler.

6th house ruler in the 8th house: Working with 8th house themes.

Ashley Dupre

(no birthtime)

Ashley Dupre was a high payed call girl who is now married to former governor of New York.

Lust conjunct Moon: Lust conjunct Moon is a sign of a very lustful person.

Eros at 8°: Attracted a powerful and rich man because of this job. (He was her client at first)

Lilith conjunct Sun: She was not what the ”typical” woman is expected to be but still got a high position in America because of her marriage to the governor. Lilith conjunct Sun is typical in the charts of women who demand the same respect as men.

Geisha conjunct North Node: A lifetheme of entertaining men.

Mars at 2°: Making money(2°) of sex and the body(mars)

Nina Arsenault

(no birthtime)

Nina Arsenault Canadian performance artist, freelance writer, and former prostitute who only perform oral sex.

Mars at 10°: Her body and pleasure (mars) is her business(10°)

Geisha conjunct North Node: A lifetheme of entertaining men.

Eros in Capricorn: Making erotica her business. Eros is also conjunct MC which strengthens this.

Lust conjunct Pluto: Her lustful nature gave her power and money. She made incredible amounts of money.

ASTEROIDS MENTIONED: 1388, h13, h58, 1181, , 16, 433, 1047, 4386

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❪ ♡ ❫ ─── ( synopsis ) college boy toji proves that you're the only girl he has eyes on.

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TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD TOJI ZENIN SLUMPED DOWN INTO HIS SEAT IN THE BACK OF THE LECTURE HALL. Heavy bags under his eyes, headache clawing at the back of his skull, and running on 2 hours of sleep. When he plopped down in his seat, he flipped open his notebook to half-listen to the professor. The professor was boasting about the infamous wives of kings in different countries. He was late, very late. It was only his second semester at NYU as a business administration major, and he could already feel himself falling behind. He was sent overseas for school because his family thought it would help shape him for the family company back in Japan. Still, his last semester started with attending parties and social events (some on behalf of his family). Then on top of that, his younger cousin was also in town, so he was a major distraction.

Within the stressful semesters and maintaining an image under a microscope from his family overseas, he met a gorgeous girl Y/N. The two had a pretty complicated relationship—they met at a party, and he hated to admit that he was falling for her. Toji adored seeing her on campus, and he damn sure loved staring at her during this elective women’s history course. On days when he wasn’t hungover, he would poke Y/N with his pen until she snapped at him to stop. But today, Toji slumped in his seat, doodling in his notebook.

“You should pay attention. This is going to be on the quiz this Friday,” Y/N whispers as she’s writing in her notebook.

“That’s what I have you for,” Toji says as he gives her some tired grin that causes her to roll her eyes.

Y/N rolled her eyes at the man because she hated that it was true. Toji and herself met at a party with him flirting with her the whole night. She ignored him, considering that she had heard so much about him from other women. Yet, it was Y/N’s luck that she entered this class and saw him sitting in the back of the class at the start of the semester.

She didn’t understand why he would be taking a course like this, but she wasn’t going to get him talking. After all, when Toji spoke about himself, he couldn’t stop. Perhaps, that’s why she liked him. He was a confident guy that knew what he wanted. Y/N didn’t expect the two to start an immature friends-with-benefits relationship. Even though, on some days, she’ll spot him flirting with other girls in exchange for accounting notes. He still manages to make her cheeks grow hot with his witty comments and captivating smile.

But the one thing the young woman hated was seeing him like this. His head was on the cold desk and his eyes closed, not paying attention. This education could have gone to someone who wanted to be here. Y/N’s teeth grazed upon her plump lip gloss-covered lips as she inched her chair closer to him. She lets her hand travel to Toji’s lap as she places her pen down. Her hands rubbed at his crotch until she could feel him squirming under her touch. His head still lying on the table with the hood to his NYU pull-over hoodie on turned towards her. “Don’t start something you can’t finish, baby,” He says as he tugs his chair further under the table.

“Oh, hush,” Y/N says as she unbuttoned his jeans quickly. Her curious eyes stared ahead at the clock, ten more minutes until the class ended. That’s enough time.

When Toji felt her hand in the comfort of his pants, his head shot up to lean back in his seat. His teeth grated at his lower lip as a slight hiss escaped his mouth. He tuned out the professor lecturing about the downfall of Marie Antoinette.

“I’m sure you can be quiet, huh?” Y/N questions as her hand glide up and down his thick shaft. Her thumb brushed against his thick pink tip that leaked with precum.

“Shit,” Toji uttered under his breath. His body was radiating so much heat at the moment, and it wasn’t coming from the layers of clothes he was wearing.

“Okay, I will be releasing you guys early. Please use the time to study for the quiz next quiz.”

Toji’s body seemed to go through shock when Y/N removed her hand from his pants. A cold chill goes down his spine as he’s quick to button his pants so no one can see. Toji quickly stuffed his belongings inside his bookbag to catch up with Y/N, who had already exited the class. He nearly knocked down some students trying to chase after her. With her brown skin glistening with each step she took through the halls and her head held up.

“Y/N, Wait up!” Toji’s jogging up to her, chest heaving up and down, and a look of determination on his face. His face flushed with color due to the teasing brief handjob she gave him. He grabs a hold of her forearm to put a halt to her walking.

“Toji, I have a class to get to,” Y/N huffs as she looks at him.

“And I said don’t start something you can’t finish,” He reminded.

“It was something to wake your lazy ass up,” Y/N says as she looks at him. She adjusted the tote bag on her shoulders. “Now, can I go to my class now?” She questioned.

“Well, I’m up now.” Toji would say before his hand was dragging her into one of the smaller classrooms.

“Toji.”

“Y/N.”

“We can’t do this here, what if someone walks in,” Y/N questions.

He stepped closer to her with such lust in his eyes. She’s mentally cursing herself for waking up such a beast, but she enjoyed teasing him. He tugged at her strings so much that Y/N wasn’t afraid to tug at his right back once in a while. With each step he took, she took one back until she hit the teacher’s desk in the middle of the lecture hall.

The two were close, with Toji’s curious green hues staring at her lips. His fingertips traced alongside her side and it sent a chill down her spine effortless. “No one is going to walk in. This class always is empty for an hour or so.”

“How would you know that?” Y/N questioned, her hands going up to toy with the strings on his hoodie. Her eyebrows knit together in curiosity. “Have you fucked other women in here because if you did-”

“You’re always assuming I’m fucking someone else,” Toji pointed out. He then lifts her up to place her on the desk which she didn’t argue against.

“Because when are you not fucking other women?” Y/N asked as she watched him toy with the ends of the skirt she wore.

Toji kissed his teeth as he took up the space between Y/N’s legs. “I’m not having sex with other women, Y/N. I only want you.” He would mumble his last couple of words on her skin while he was kissing her neck.

“Mhmm.” Y/N hummed as she craned her neck to the side giving Toji more access to her neck.

“You don’t believe me?” Toji questioned as he tore his lips away from her neck. His green-colored eyes stared into hers waiting for a response. If you asked Toji when he first moved here for university if he would be strung by some girl, he wouldn’t believe you. But here Toji was trying to defend his case that he’s actually been keeping his dick in his pants. Toji’s heart was growing a little warmer for Y/N.

Y/N looked up at him. Her curious eyes stared into his eyes to search for any clue for his foolishness. Toji was still young like any other guy on the campus. Which meant that he still wanted to fool around with other women. Yet, Toji was right here pleading his case. Toji’s fingers lingered a bit higher each second as they sat in silence in the small lecture hall. Y/N’s felt her body get so hot, feeling Toji’s callous fingers on the inside of her thighs. “Do you want me to prove it?” Toji questioned.

Y/N’s teeth caught into her lower lip, but the larger man did gain a nod from the woman. Toji’s muscular frame towered down as he reached up Y/N’s skirt to tug the lace panties she wore down. Her underwear dangled from her ankle as he would kneel down between her legs. His plush lips littered kisses on the inside of her thighs. Toji felt under an intense spell when he got a whiff of Y/N’s sweet scent. It was a scent of home, something he had no clue what was with his delusional family back in Japan. She had the scent of warmth and sweetness. He’d grown to love it so much when he started to spend more time with her.

“Toji..” Y/N let out a shaky breath while she was squirming under his touch. Which only led to Toji’s arms pinning her still. It was like pinning a paper doll together with small pins so it won't fall apart. “We’re going to get caught.”

“Not if you keep it down, now please relax. Let me prove it to you,” Toji’s words seem to become less clear to Y/N when she felt the flat of his tongue licking at her puffy lips.

Y/N inhaled nattily as she placed her hand on the wooden desk to hold herself up. Her eyes peered down at Toji who was under her skirt. The lewd sound of him collecting her wetness caused her to chew at her lower lip. She was afraid of letting out any noise. In fear that if they got caught her college years would be over and thrown in the trash. But when she felt Toji’s mouth latch onto her clit, a low yelp escaped her mouth. Y/N’s body fell back onto the wooden desk and her hands desperately tugged her skirt up further around her waist.

Toji’s grip on Y/N thighs only tightened with each second he spent lapping up her arousal like a thirsty lap dog. His nose nuzzled at Y/N’s soft skin as his tongue that lingered with her slick flicked at her clit. His right hand released from holding her thighs open so he could enjoy his meal. Toji’s fingertips traced alongside the inside of Y/N’s thighs. His subtle touch sent a tingle down Y/N’s spine as she grew impatient due to his teasing. Her lips soon gasped apart, feeling Toji’s finger rub at her lips, collecting her wetness with ease. His thumb brushed against his clit and he began to rub circular motions upon it.

Y/N let out a moan at his sudden action before she could feel him insert his index and middle finger into her wet cunt. Her hand went up to muffle her cries while Toji’s fingers gradually pumped through her. Y/N let out a string of moans before her hand grasped at Toji’s black strands of hair. Her groans of pleasure were like music to Toji’s ears. Like his dog, Taichi’s ears shot up in excitement when he was happy. Toji’s ears burn with so much heat, hearing her sweet moans.

He pulled forward to latch onto her clit while his fingers moved inside her. His tongue slurped up any wetness that leaked out of her cunt. He continued to push his fingers inside her with ease. The lewd sound of Y/N’s wetness coating his fingers caused Toji to grow even harder in his jeans. Curling his fingers slightly to attempt to hit that one spot that caused her toes to curl, Toji’s nose was nuzzling at the soft skin upon her pussy—her pubes tickling his nose, but he didn’t care.

“Toji…I’m going to cum.” Y/N moaned out as her back arched off the wooden desk.

When she felt his fingers pull out of her, she felt empty. She mentally wanted to yell at herself for letting him have such power over her. Y/N’s eyes filled with tears as she watched him again stand on his feet. Her cunt was desperate to feel him inside her once again.

“Stand up and turn around,” Toji commanded.

The dominance that lingered off his tongue caused Y/N to stand up immediately. Before turning around, Toji tugged her in for a kiss. His tongue slides down her throat with so much aggression. When he pulled back suddenly, he said to her, “Wanted you to taste how amazing you taste to me.”

Y/N’s cheeks burnt with so much heat before she twirled around, urging him to fill her up again. Her hands were on the desk, waiting for Toji’s girth to stretch her out. She could feel his large hands gripping the flesh of her butt before he pushed her back down. Y/N could feel Toji’s plump tip brush against her entrance. A soft whine escaped her lips. “T, stop teasing.”

She knew Toji was smirking behind her before he pushed himself inside her. Her lips parted apart as she felt him stretch her fully. Despite the two having sex many times, each time, she still found herself gasping like an idiot at his size. Toji was eager to rock his hips forward to feel the addicting way her walls clenched around her. His fingertips rubbed random shapes on her waist, waiting for her to give him the go-to continue. “Relax, Y/N. I got you, baby girl,” Toji says.

Y/N relaxed under Toji’s touch before she began to back herself upon his waist. She could hear Toji chuckle before he cooed at her like some superior. “Look at you, getting a bit desperate.” He expresses.

Toji began to roll his hips upon her ass. The pornographic sound of their skin slapping against each other only boosted Toji’s ego even more. His thrusts grew more aggressive with each moan that escaped Y/N’s mouth. How his name rolled off her tongue caused his brain to go fuzzy. Or maybe it was the way her pussy clenched around him like a perfectly fitted glove. Either or was driving him insane at the moment. His large hands gripped at her ass as he lunged forward some more. “Fuck..” He uttered to himself.

Toji’s eyes looked down at Y/N. He realized how beautiful Y/N looked right now. Her fucked out expression was a stunning sight to see. Her lip gloss was smudged across her lips, tears spilling out her eyes, and gosh, those moans. They were beautiful to Toji.

Toji would prompt Y/N’s leg on the desk so he could thrust deeper inside her drooling cunt. His larger form hunched over hers as he’s rocking his hips forward in a rhythmic motion. Y/N’s hands flew back to push at Toji’s torso. Her cries echoed in the lecture hall while her briny tears stained her cheeks. “Toji…too much.” Y/N mewled.

Toji chews at his lower lip as he grabs Y/N’s hands to place upon her butt to spread herself wider for him. “It’s too much, but I can feel your pussy squeeze around me with each thrust, so what’s the truth, baby?” He cooed as his hips bucked forward to place kisses upon her cervix.

The only thing Y/N could let out was a string of moans of his name. Her drool decorated the wooden desk below her as he fucked her practically dumb. Which only led to the growing sensational pit forming at the bottom of her abdomen. When Toji glanced down, seeing how Y/N’s pussy swallowed him whole, he was close to telling the woman he was in love.

“Look at that; you’re taking it so well, baby girl.” He praised.

When Toji felt Y/N’s walls clutch around him, he knew he was close to tumbling down with her. His hips rocked into the soft flesh of Y/N’s ass. Toji let out a low groan as he could feel his balls grow heavy and tight. His fingernails dug into her waist as his thrusts grew slowly and sloppier. Toji’s larger frame hunched over as he could feel himself cum. His thick cum splattered upon Y/N’s walls while his mouth uttered an exhausted groan.

“T....” Y/N moaned as she could feel him slowly tug himself out of her. Her chest was rising, and embarrassment waved over her body. The young woman tried to process everything while her legs still felt like a fresh bowl of jello.

Toji had zipped his pants right up. His forearm went up to wipe the sweat that lingered on his forehead. He would lean down, pulling Y/N’s underwear back on her. A cocky smirk displayed on his face as he got a glimpse of his cum dripping out of her addicting cunt.

“You’re so annoying,” Y/N uttered as she turned to face him.

With a cheeky grin on his face, Toji tugged her skirt down. “You love it, though. Now let’s go.” He says as he’s leaning down to collect his book bag and soon extends his hand to her.

“Where are we going?” Y/N asked. “Plus, we still have class, you know?”

“I’ll get a doctor to write us a doctor’s note.” Toji bluntly admitted. “Now let’s get some food, and you a plan b.” His index finger tapped at Y/N’s nose, and she could only roll her eyes at his behavior.

“You’re so annoying.” She repeated once again, but she grabbed hold of his hand so he could lead her out of the lecture hall.

It was something about Toji Zenin that caused the young woman’s heart to flutter. But she had to remind herself that getting even more tangled with him would only hurt her in the end.

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Mizu, Akemi and Gender as a weapon

Mizu's masculinity isn't something she dislikes or is seeking to be rid of. Even at her most feminine, Mizu is still androgynous. Not limited by gender performances, stereotypes and beliefs. It's all part of her. The doting lover, the skilled samurai, the knifemaker, the patron of arts. It just creates internal conflict when she's unable to connect to her femininity in a gendered society, knowing that her femininity will be seen as weakness. On the flipside, we know Mizu suppressed masculine parts of herself in her marriage with the expectation that they'll become a deal-breaker which also wasn't healthy. Mizu doesn't need the go-ahead to be traditionally feminine, she just needs space or a person/people who will allow her be herself without nitpicking parts of her. In that vein, I also wanna address how Akemi is also masculine in her own ways.

Just because she doesn't wield a sword or has an androgynous bodytype, doesn't mean that Akemi isn't masculine (the social understanding of it). She is very much so in her own right. Seki, her tutor, keeps aligning her with her father claiming that they have the same conviction in their beliefs in which their roots are unshakeable. This lays out how traits of power seeking, ambition, stark independence and intelligence that her father prides himself on are discouraged in Akemi as she's a woman. She is politically informed, highly educated and sexually dominant. She is calculative, express in her expertise at Go, something she's been better than grown men at since she was 12. Seki tells her that beyond just surviving in her marital home, she is equipped to succeed, expand her territory, find people's vulnerabilities, capture and win. That she can learn to do anything she wants and be whoever she wants, even if the goal is to become the ruler of Japan. In that same episode, Mizu is parallel to Akemi where she seeks wisdom from Master Eiji to exact an artful revenge where he proceeds to tell her that he didn't train her to be a demon or a human but he showed her how to be an artist. That revenge, swords, pots, noodles are all the same to an artist. The goal is to learn to be good at something. Anything. Mizu's pursuit of revenge is as masculine as Akemi's pursuit of power. They are both capable of learning. Of being successful. They are both elements of their own destiny. Water. Fire.

It doesn't matter what the means used are if the objective is one and the same. Akemi learnt this throughout season 1. That to evolve oneself guarantees success over only changing the scenario by running. Like Mizu, Akemi works with what she has. She is feminine presenting, enhanced through the princess finery, she can't fight but she uses her beauty, charm and wit to execute her plans and bend men to her will. Mizu attempted to maneuvere this same tactic after Mikio called her a monster, dolling up like on her wedding day to appease to his masculinity but it only pushed her towards the one thing she does best- wielding a sword to survive. Mizu knows how to fight, that is her agency, not a definitive of her gender. To fight and evolve is human, not select for a particular gender. Akemi also knows how to fight. She's trained in koto playing, singing, dancing, literature, poetry and the sutras. Her modus operandi is to weaken a man through his own hubris of thinking that she presents no threat. Which, as a personal opinion, I find a requires a tad more skill than cutting through flesh and bone. With Mizu, men brace for a fight, with Akemi, they don't even realise there was one in the first place. I posit that fighting is seen as more glorious than manipulation because it's a traditionally masculine way of dealing with things. Meanwhile, artful manipulation if rife with character bashing because femininity, according to some, should not not exist to take advantage only be taken advantage of, which again. Trash take. Needless to say, both Mizu and Akemi easily outclass the men who stand in their way.

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For those of you who like the idea of peer respites, I just want to say these are not the only alternatives to the mainstream psych system :] Here's a big ol' list, and many/most of them are peer-run. I live in America, so a lot of this is US-based, but I've tried to make it as internationally accessible as possible!

I'll start with the live-in options. So ya'll already know about peer respites, if you read my latest post about it. There's a few more similar things out there.

Soteria Houses - More long-term (months+) community homes for folks with lived experience of psychosis/similar extreme states, with peer support, that focus on a humane and person-centered approach. Much more freedom & agency than your traditional group home.

Hurdalsjøen Recovery Center - a "medication-free" (aka medication-optional) psychiatric hospital in Norway. Allows patients to choose whether to stay on or taper/remain off psychiatric drugs. Focused on healthy eating, exercise, and recreational therapy options.

Bethel House - Similar to Soteria Houses, a homelike environment in Japan for people with schizophrenia, etc. that focuses on social reintegration.

Organizations, clubs, groups, etc:

Students With Psychosis - A peer support community with programming for students with psychosis

International Map of Hearing Voices/Intervoice networks - Non=pathological support groups for people who hear voices, see visions, etc. US directory, UK directory.

Clubhouse International - Gives people with mental illness opportunities for friendship, employment, housing, educational, and medical services all in one place. Founded by a group of friends who survived a psychiatric hospital together.

Project LETS - A radical approach to peer support and healing that has a disability justice centered approach, giving people with lived experience a voice and focusing on mutual aid. They provide peer mental health advocates, self-harm prevention, and more.

The Mad Society of Canada: A grassroots community of practice that brings together folks who want to provide non-coercive, ethical, survivor-informed mental health services/policy.

Power to the Plurals: Resources and events for people who identify as plural/multiple/systems.

The Wildflower Alliance: Grassroots peer support, training, and advocacy community based in Massachusetts.

Alternatives To Suicide (Alt2Su): Peer support groups that allow people to talk about suicidal thoughts without fear of being committed to the hospital, etc

Trainings:

Intentional Peer Support = Trauma-informed peer support training

Emotional CPR - Trauma-informed mental health support training program for the layperson

Hearing Voices Curriculum: Targeted towards mental health professionals to better understand the experience of hearing voices. Warning: It's expensive!

Cities that have a particularly awesome way of dealing with folks in crisis/with mental illness/etc:

Geel - a farming community where residents welcome people suffering with severe mental illness/distress into their homes and live with them, share work, etc (Edit: apparently Geel is a small city with like 40,000 people and not a farming community lol, I was misinformed. Thanks to @roxbot for the correction!)

Trieste - a city with a community centered system of care that integrates housing and peer support

Warmlines (generally run by peers) and Crisis Lines that don't call the cops: (Most of these are taken from this post by trans-axolotl on Crisis Lines)

Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860, 24/7

BlackLine: 1 (800) 604-5841, has texting options

The Plural Warmline (No number, check the site)

THRIVE: text message line at 313-662-8209, 24/7

Promise Resource Network: (833) 390-7728, 24/7

Project Return Peer Support Network: (888) 448-9777 English or (888) 448-4055 Spanish, hours are Monday through Friday 2:30 PM to 10:00 PM PST and Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM PST

Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: 888-407-4515, hours are 7pm to 9pm EST Monday through Thursday and 7pm-10pm EST Friday through Sunday

Key Consumer Organization: 800-933-5397, hours are 8am - 4:30pm EST, Monday - Friday.

MBRLC Peer Support Line: 877-733-7563, hours are 4 pm-7:45 pm EST every day.

US Warmline Directory (unlikely to call cops, but check with the individual line first)

Misc:

CommonGround software - A software developed by Dr. Pat Deegan (an individual who was diagnosed with schizophrenia) that allows clients to communicate their needs to their doctors more efficiently to support shared-decision making with medication.

Open Dialogue- An psychosocial approach to psychiatric services that focuses shared decision-making and dialogue between client, providers, and family (if the client wants family involved), and often more minimal use of medication.

Integrative Psychiatry - A holistic form of psychiatry that focuses on nutrition, exercise, therapy, and psychosocial factors, where medication is just an aspect of treatment. US database of integrative psychiatrists here.

I will also give a somewhat honorable mention to Mobile Crisis Teams. They are a fairly new alternative to the usual "call the cops on your local mentally ill person". They are composed of nurses, therapists, social workers, occasionally peer support workers, etc. They hook the individual up with support/resources - which can often mean forced hospitalization/forced treatment FYI - but it is a step up from being killed by cops. Look up "[city] Mobile Crisis Team" to find out if there is one in your city.

A note: Something being on this list =/= it is perfect, just that it is an alternative to what we've got. So don't come at me, lmao. Feel free to add on if you know of anything else!

#long post #VERY long post lol #mental health #psychiatry #psych critical #psychiatry critical #psych wards #mental illness #neurodivergency #police brutality #antipsych #antipsychiatry #anti psychiatry #peer support #oh i'm gonna write a book on all this stuff btw uwu #WHAT ELSE CAN I TAG THIS WITH SO IT SHOWS UP FOR PPL???

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matsumotodai-lab · 9 months

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8/9-11/2023 　山形大学で「社会教育団体論」の集中講義を行いました。テーマは主にNPOや地域づくりでした。今年はとにかく暑かったですが、受講生の皆さんもよく頑張りました。

　At Yamagata University, I gave a 3-day intensive lecture on social education groups. The main topic was on NPOs and community development from the perspective of social education and lifelong learning. 　This year, it was very hot, but buckwheat noodles, a famous food in Yamagata, helped me cool down a little. This soba restaurant was in front of the university, I always go there whenever I give my intensive lecture at Yamagata University.

#大学・ゼミ #social education in japan #adult education #地域づくり #community development

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transdimensional-void · 7 months

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"ascendance of a bookworm" and the centrality of education

something "bookworm" recognizes that i think a lot of other isekai miss is that myne's greatest advantage from her past life isn't her knowledge of certain technologies or products. it's her education.

this is obviously true in the lower city, where most of the people around her have received zero formal education; but it is even true among the highest levels of nobility, where the standard amount of formal education is six terms at the royal academy. that's three months of the year for six years, and nobles intentionally budget their time at the academy to spend more of it on socializing than they do on education. outside of the academy, many nobles receive some form of private tutoring, but the quality, quantity, and consistency vary widely from person to person.

compare that to urano's university-level education in modern-day japan. she spent a minimum of sixteen years attending school for most of the day for most of the year. and it shows.

one of the moments from the series that has really stuck with me is the scene where ferdinand reads myne's memories and experiences, from her point of view, what her education was like: year after year, across her entire childhood, with many different teachers, in many different subjects, in many different classrooms, surrounded by other children her age. the way seeing that allows him to finally grasp why she seems so uniquely capable of being taught compared to other people he knows. it's not that she's some sort of unparalleled genius. it's merely that she's been conditioned to perform academically and that she's been taught how to learn.

and each time myne "ascends" within jurgenschmidt society and is forced to perform in a new environment with minimal time to learn its ways, this conditioning serves her well. she knows how to sit down at a desk, crack open the books, and study until she's got it. equally, having received a comprehensive education puts her far ahead of the average jurgenschmidt citizen in terms of being able to synthesize information from a variety of sources and see how disparate phenomena are interrelated. when she arrives, she may not know anything about jurgenschmidt's economy, government, social structure, etc., but she knows that they exist, are worth learning about, are having a huge effect on her own life, and can be manipulated to her own ends.

what's more, her belief in the fundamentality of education is the single force driving the greatest amount of change within jurgenschmidt. yes, the printing press is the most revolutionary technology she introduces, but her educational reforms will have more immediate and farther-reaching effects.

by the point in the story we're currently at in the english translation (p5v7), she has improved educational access and outcomes for the following:

specific people in the lower city of ehrenfest (lutz, tuuli, kamil, those wealthy enough to purchase her picture books and toys)

those in the ehrenfest temple orphanage (said to receive a level of education equivalent to the average mednoble)

members of some farming villages of ehrenfest (those who have been visited by gray priests over winter hibernation)

all noble children of ehrenfest (through the winter playroom and better grades committee, as well as her educational materials)

some nobles in other duchies (those who have gained access to her picture books and educational toys, and those who have been personally influenced by her, such as hannelore and hildebrand)

commoners with the devouring in ehrenfest like dirk, who can receive funding from the aub to receive a noble education

no, she hasn't yet introduced mandatory, free public education, but she's laid the foundation for it. she has introduced educational reform at multiple levels of society and, more importantly, impressed its importance upon key authority figures, such as sylvester, charlotte, and melchior. that ensures that her reforms have staying power.

this is one of the things i adore about this series: the realism of the societal changes myne brings about. a lesser story would have shown her introducing free, compulsory education for all commoners within the space of a few years. that would have been nice, but it wouldn't have felt real. instead, myne has achieved every small reform through sheer bull-headedness, with blood, sweat, and tears, with immense effort. and that makes her accomplishments feel meaningful in a way an easy win would not. and yet we see widespread change, inertia that we can envision snowballing into the kind of education system urano enjoyed in japan somewhere in the not-to-distant future.

myne's societal reforms feel earned, and it all begins with the story's recognition of the immeasurable value of the education she received back in japan.

#ascendance of a bookworm #ranting again about the things i love in this series

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YEAH,MAYBE-NANAMI KENTO

pairing: teen!kento nanami x teenf!reader (she/her pronouns used)

warnings: smut(p in v whilst intoxicated but consent was given!), swearing,implied under-age drinking (japans legal age for alc consumption is 20, kento and reader are 18)

notes: been screaming and crying for nanami atm and crying because i want him to come back but here’s a small fic whilst i write a bigger one:)

when kento nanami loves someone, he LOVES that person, and that person happened to be you.

eighteen years old, living your what would’ve been social highschool days in a quiet underpopulated school building, for sorcerers and only sorcerers. everyone knew eachother, there was rarely anybody new and everyone seemed to just be, boring.

apart from kento nanami, your nanami. meeting in your first two weeks at jujutsu high, your relationship blossomed almost immediately, as if you slotted into his life like a final piece of a puzzle. the bestest of friends who could never be apart. suguru and satoru were also ‘acquaintances’ at most with you, them being to busy with their own dual foolery to get involved with anyone else’s business, shoko leiri being your second closest friend, but rarely spending one on one time around eachother, leaves only one person.

nanami.

he was everything, your first everything, first closest friend, first kiss, amongst other things. there wasn’t much that was undoable when it came to you and kento, there was never many boundaries but it never caused an issue, right?

wrong.

although jujutsu high was a school for sorcerers, you also had to learn your average mandatory education topics, meaning it often varied between the two, people enjoying one more than the other more often than not, nanami being one of them. you knew he didn’t find being a sorcerer all that interesting, that he would much rather live a normal life in the real world with ‘real people with real jobs’ you couldn’t say you agreed, often enjoying being a sorcerer yourself considering there was so much to learn, you hated the normal school classes, always eager for more physical action. life wasn’t hard at jujutsu high, as a matter of fact it was more than likely a whole lot easier than a normal public school life, there was no drama, no fighting out of classes. it was calm. kento was a role model, whether that was to you or his friend Yu, you looked up to him, his formal mannerisms, his protectiveness, his hair, his eyes. no. that’s not what we’re talking about.

yeah, you had a FAT ass crush on kento nanami. but it was, his eyes, his hair, his height, his voice, his walk, it was almost like there wasn’t a bad part of him. you loved it.

you loved him.

although you were both quite newly eighteen, the urge to just leave this life and become an adult was a topic you had both talked about. whether it was what you wanted to do after school life, or whether either of you had plans for life. you knew ken wanted to move towards a more normal life, perhaps a business career and a middle class life, he was happy with that decision. you didn’t agree with him, believing that being a sorcerer can be a blessing not a curse, more often than not but yet again, he then didn’t agree with you. it was hard, you wanted to stay close as adult life moved forward but with such different views it would be a difficult step to take. although there was a step you both did take, together.

you found yourself sprawled on the backseat of a taxi, next to you sat kento, fast asleep with his head balanced on the side of the car window as you remembered. you had walked into a bar, dragging a angry nanami behind you and less than four hours later you were both stumbling into the nearest taxi and almost pleading to go home. you guessed you must’ve fallen asleep yourself, before waking up mid drive. you recognised where you were, around five minutes from jujutsu high, you tapped kento on the arm, whispering a soft ‘‘nanami’’ as he faintly opened his eyes. he looked so beautiful in the dimmer light, the shadows of the window making his hair shine brighter than his face. he rubbed his eyes before propping himself up against the backseat as your head rested upon the side of his shoulder, you felt his body tense slightly and your sudden affection, but he slowly calmed as you nested into his side.

after the taxi arrived outside jujutsu tech, the both of you jumping out and thanking the driver before stumbling into your room, nanami following behind. you both hadn’t spoken to much, the both of you to afraid to speak incase all of the alcohol you had consumed comes straight back up. shutting your bedroom door behind you, you watched at kento leaned against a wall awkwardly. you giggled at him before placing your hand on his shoulder, walking him towards the bed to sit down.

“don’t be a sissy, sit.” you slurred at him, he obeyed as he flopped onto the bed, a giddy smile upon your face as you walked towards the sink to grab some water. you turned away from the sink, to grab a kitchen towel to clean the mess of water you had made on the counter, almost screaming as kento appeared behind you. he looked startled, before grabbing your shoulder softly.

“sorry, only me.” he said, it wasn’t exactly slurred, but his voice deeper and more tired than usual. you didn’t know if it was the alcohol, but the sound of his voice was intoxicating, your thighs pressing together at the sound of his voice alone. you knew you liked him, he was attractive, he knew you well, but you had never wanted him this much. your cheeks flushed red, his hands still upon your shoulders. your hand moved up and grabbed the hands that lied on your shoulders, his eyes diverting to your hands as you move them down. the alcohol in you was telling you to touch him, but the sobriety you had left was telling you not to. you stuck to just bringing him as close as you could, wrapping your arms around his neck and pressing your head into his chest, he almost tensed up, as if he didn’t know what to do nor how to react to the sudden embrace. you felt his arms slowly move around your waist, easing into the hug before the two of you were stood in a solid embrace. you stood there for a while, occasionally almost tumbling over before he would hold you back up, you couldn’t tell if he was more drunk than you, but kento wasn’t a physical person, he was always strictly more formal, so this was abnormal. those feelings you felt for him those weeks ago were coming back, the feelings of love, remembering everything you loved about him.

you slowly pulled away from the embrace, your eyes swiftly looking up towards his. as you look up you noticed he was already looking at you, your cheeks flush red before you slowly turn your head away, almost in embarrassment from your reaction. you turn back, his eyes still staring into yours, he blinks tiredly.

“you look pretty.” he mumbles, his hand lazily moving up towards your hair as he twirls his hand through it, you shiver and he pauses, his hand moving back down towards your face.

oh. my. god?

his hand cups your cheek, before raising an eyebrow, almost as if he was asking for permission. you nod and before you could breathe out his lips were locked with yours, you fed into the kiss as your arms reconnected around his neck, your lips almost fighting against who has more control as his hands travel around your waist, but no lower.

pussy gentleman.

your tounges intertwine as the kiss deepens, yours hands beginning to travel down to his chest. you almost let out a whine as the kiss is broken.

“can i?” he asks, looking down at your lower area, you didn’t know if he was asking to touch you or just move his hands lower, either way you nodded. his hands travelled to your ass, giving it a small squeeze before lifting your legs up, as you wrapped them around his waist. your lips stayed almost glued together as he walked further to the bed, he slowly placed you down before he began to kiss down you neck as you moved your head for easier access, small moans escaping your mouth at the sensation of his mouth on your neck. his attention then moved to kissing below neck level, as he travelled down your breasts to your stomach, he peeped up at you before nodding and shaking his head, asking if you wanted this or not. you quickly nodded and within a second his hands were at your skirt, flipping it up to your stomach as your legs widened for him. he pulled your panties to the side, making sure there was an easy way in for him, you felt his finger graze against the slick of your entrance, a sharp whimper coming from your mouth at the touch. he was quick to respond to your enjoyment as he plunged a finger into you, your back arching as he began to finger fuck into you.

“ah- ken- mor-more.” you mumbled, already to high on the clouds to speak. as if your wish was his command, he opened you further and stuck a second finger in. kento, with a tent building in his pants, was fighting his urge to stop and just fuck you there and now, his fingers thrusting in and out of you as your moans became louder and louder. his third finger moved up and began to play with your clit, your moans more pornagraphic the harder his fingers thrusted, your body thrusting upwards for more.

the knot in your stomach tightened, but you knew you couldn’t bare it much longer. your body twitched as you raced towards your high.

“ken- im gonna- im coming!” you cried, your back arching as you overcome the euphoria. you feel his fingers pull out of you as his body leans over yours, his mouth interlinks with yours again. your hands tug at his shirt, his arms lifting up to let you remove his shirt. you pulled the shirt over his head as his hands moved back down to remove yours, his hands moving towards your bra as you lifted your shirt over your head. he gazed at your body, almost in awe of the sight. you bit your lip nervously in anticipation before he moved down to kiss you again. he gave you a quick peck on the nose before stroking your hair.

“are you one hundred percent sure?” he asks. both of your drunken states had worn down, the both of you more stable and sober than before, the severity of the situation hitting kento harder than it had you. you nod.

“yes, promise.” you whisper.

he nodded before standing back up and removing his trousers, followed by his boxers before he lined himself up with your entrance, before thrusting harshly into you. you yelped at the burn that the stretch was causing you, followed by a moan as he began to pump in and out of you. a ruffle of ‘fuck’s escaping your mouth as his picked up his pace.

his dick was big. that point had been proven as soon as his dick entered you. you felt it deep as he got quicker and quicker, you were close, he was too, you could feel his dick pulse inside you. his groans became louder, as he mumbled under his breath.

“ugh- y-y/n im gonna come.” he groans, you felt his dick twitch inside of you, your back arched.

“i-inside.” you reply, your moans loudening as your orgasm point got closer and closer.

“ken-kento im gon- gonna co-come again.” you cry.

he groans as he finally releases, white ropes filling you as you ride towards your own orgasm, your back arching as your vision went black. kento flopped onto the bed beside you.

“we should do this more often.” you said.

kento laughs.

“maybe, yeah.”

thanks for reading! i miss teen emo nanami so bad, i can make a part two of them meeting again as adults perchance:)

#nanami kento #kento nanami #jjk #jujustu kaisen #jjk nanami #nanami x reader #nanami kento x reader #kento nanami x reader #kento nanami smut #nanami kento fanfic #jujutsu kaisen #jujutsu kaisen fanfic

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FOCUSING ON THE WHO OR WHAT

Some time ago this blog visited the contribution of David Landes[1] in a very influential reader, Culture Matters, edited by two giants in the study of human affairs, Lawrence E. Harrison, and Samuel P. Huntington. This collection of articles had at the time of its publishing, 2000, a good deal of influence among the academics of that time. For example, Landes’ article, “Culture Makes Almost All the Difference,”[2] begins by asking a very insightful question.

It asks: when a problem pops up, does one inquire into “what went wrong” or “who did this to us”? The latter question seems to be what one’s emotions push to the fore, while the former is a more reasoned concern. Eventually, both questions are important in not only fixing what’s wrong but also devising strategies that might prevent a recurrence of whatever the problem is.

In line with Landes’ writing, today the nation is confronted with a problem that takes up a lot of concern among the nation’s news sources in their reporting. That is the influx of immigrants through the southern border. In the realm of blame, a lot of that reporting comments on the politics: is the President to blame due to a lack of harshness – closing the border to these immigrants – or is it due to the opposition party’s reluctance to meaningfully address the problem in Congress?

Neither of these options looks at why this immigration is taking place – it is treated simply as a given. This blogger finally heard, in passing, a commentator on TV suggest that perhaps a program of extensive investment into the economies of the nations of origin – from where these immigrants come – could address the problem and supply a solution. Of course, this is not a quick or easy fix; it presupposes many factors being lined up and working in productive ways. To begin with, one can question the viability of moving in this direction.

But the first step is asking why this immigration is going on with the intent of addressing the causes in a way that is true and accurate. This posting does not make an argument for this investment plan – it doesn’t argue against it either – but addresses what all is involved with such an approach. And with that concern, Landes provides a historical case in which a traditional society did cross the line from being a traditional and agriculturally based economy to one in which it became a leading industrial and post-industrial nation, that being Japan.

To make a comparison between south of the border nations, from Central and South America, and Japan of the 1800s, one needs to go through several different stages. The first stage is to compare the global landscape Japan faced with the one that exists today. Very profound differences exist between that world of nearly two centuries ago and contemporary times. At the earlier time, there were the beginnings of what today one calls dependency relationships and what some consider to be the post dependency era.

Simplified, dependency relationships divided lesser developed countries (LDCs) among the developed countries in which a given developed country controlled the export/import markets for a set of LDCs. An LDC would be limited to which countries it could export its mostly agricultural/natural resources products and from whom it could import industrial products. This would be to the benefit of both the upper classes of each type of nation. The rich of the poor countries were/are equally rich as those of the developed countries.

Some argue today that due to advanced countries not limiting themselves to “their” LDCs, the whole system has been compromised. Others think this is overstated. Here is what a Global South article determined to be the case on this question:

In today’s realm, dependency thoughts are still useful in analyzing the widening inequalities between the poor and rich countries, or in analysing the divisions within a developed or a developing country context. Our societies are vastly divided, and dependent relations exist within our own social facbric [sic].[3]

Whatever the situation is today, one can suppose that there are vested interests that benefit from what is and they enjoy significant political power or influential status. So, the first challenge would be to address this imbalance of power and financial resources.

And here, this blogger believes Karl Marx had a point, not in terms of justice – although one can see injustice being an element of this arrangement – but from a practical point of view. Treat people with disregard, especially if there is any experience of better times, and they will seek reciprocity. They will believe they have the right to seek revenge. Can one see this in operation?

This blogger believes one can. And one does see it in the politics of today here in the US. The Global South article comments on this practical reality:

In other words, the financial crisis of 2008 showed the inefficiency of the global capitalist system and questioned the strengths of the new liberal economic philosophy in contributing to economic equality. Aaccording to [James] Petras & [Henry] Veltmeyer … capitalism in the form of new liberal globalisation provides very poor model for changing society in the direction of social equality, participatory democratic decision making and human welfare.[4]

And it is this aspect that motivates this posting. Before one looks at any historical example to address contemporary conditions, one needs to consider how social/economic/political landscapes of the compared nations are one to the other.

Another factor is how comparing nations addresses basic, relevant social elements or resources. If the aim is to transform a nation from an agriculturally based economy to an industrial one, certain infrastructure assets need to be in place or developed before any such effort begins. And in this, Landes describes how advantaged Japan was before they began the transition.

Landes reports:

The Japanese went about modernization with characteristic intensity and system. They were ready for it – by virtue of a tradition (recollection) of effective government, by their high levels of literacy, by their tight family structure, by their work ethic and self-discipline, by their sense of national identity and inherent superiority.

That was the heart of it: The Japanese knew they were superior, and because they knew it, they were able to recognize the superiorities of others.[5]

And that overview sets up this blog to address the steps Japan took to make Japan the modern, developed nation one observes and admires today. It wasn’t a smooth development – World War II didn’t help – but one can safely determine that nation has made the transition. The next posting will trace a number of the broad strategies Japan employed in that process.

[1] Robert Gutierrez, “Is It Better to Ask Who or What?,” Gravitas: A Voice for Civics, September 30, 2019, URL: https://gravitascivics.blogspot.com/2019_09_15_archive.html.

[2] David Landes, “Culture Makes Almost All the Difference,” in Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress, eds. Lawrence E. Harrison and Samuel P. Huntington (New York, NY: Basic Books), 2-13.

[3] “Is Dependency Theory Still Relevant Today? A Perspective from the Global South,” Global South: Development Magazine, November 18, 2020, accessed December 23, 2023, URL: https://www.gsdmagazine.org/is-dependency-theory-still-relevant-today-a-perspective-from-the-global-south/#:~:text=In%20today's%20realm%2C%20dependency%20thoughts,within%20our%20own%20social%20facbric. British spelling.

[4] Ibid.

[5] Landes, “Culture Makes Almost All the Difference,” in Culture Matters, 8.

#national development #lesser developed nations #Japan #industrialization #national culture #civics education #social studies

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vivmaek · 1 year

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THE PLUTO IN SAGITTARIUS GENERATION Born at the start of Globalization, November 10, 1995 - January 25, 2008

I’ve been talking a lot of shit on here about the Pluto in Sagittarius generation. And while I still think my irritations are justified (lol,) I gotta make it up by doing a complete breakdown. Afterall, this is the generation I belong to.

1995: NASA's Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter

With Pluto in Sagittarius, this is a generation full of creatives, visionaries, academics, philosophers and rebels. We’re all about big ideas and moral philosophy. We’ve had the internet within our fingertips our entire lives, an unlimited database of knowledge and social interconnectivity. I remember a teacher once told me that we were the most educated group of humans humanity has ever seen. And this is true, by middle school many of us were walking around with cellphones in our pockets more powerful than computers built in the 80’s. Through technology, we were able to discover the world at an incredibly young age.

We have a lot in common with the Pluto in Leo generation (Baby Boomers,) being that both generations are ruled by fire signs. However what differentiates us is that the Pluto in Leo generation is focused on the self (Sun,) and the Pluto in Sagittarius generation is focused on the collective (Jupiter.) We project a sense of optimism despite having such large ambitions. This will serve as an inspiration for future generations.

Most of us have parents belonging to the Pluto in the Libra Generation. They raised us with values centered on equality and justice.

We grew up amongst explosive world events: First Internet Meme (1996), Google (1998), Columbine (1998), The Second Congo War (1998), Kosovo Genocide (1999), Launch of International Space Station (2000), 9/11 (2001), Invasion of Iraq (2003), Darfur (2003), Boxing Day Tsunami (2004), Facebook (2004), London Bombings (2005), iPhone (2007), America's first black President (2008), Global Economic Downturn (2008).

Pluto in Capricorn frames our coming of age story. Our teenage years were harsh and depressing. It was an isolating experience that did not involve much fun. For many people born with a Sagittarius Pluto, their adolescence is defined by a Global Pandemic in which all movement was restricted. These years also put into focus old frameworks that must be destroyed and cast aside. We feel punished, and now we are angry.

The Pluto In Scorpio Generation is coming through and uprooting all these frameworks before passing the torch onto us. We will be the ones to come up with blueprints for new ideologies and ways of thinking. We’re aiming forward and casting an arrow for future generations to follow.

Past events that occurred while Pluto was in Sagittarius: The Burning of the Library of Alexandria (272), first novel published in Japan (1010), Sorbonne founded (1257), first use of eyeglasses (1268), Columbus sets sail (1502), the birth of Nostradamus (1503), invention of sign language (1749), the first encyclopedia (1751).

Past figures born while Pluto was in Sagittarius: Constantine I (272), Dante Aligheri (1265), Goethe (1749), James Madison (1751), Alexander Hamilton (1755), Marie Antoinette (1755), Mozart (1756,) William Blake (1757), Robespierre (1758).

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