Japan - on the bullet train to irrelevance

Here in communist Japan - labour laws make it very difficult to layoff anyone, there are no strikes and the government just keeps spending money on useless road work.

The Japanese have "adopted" the American style - upper house [senate] and lower house [congress]. this month there is an election of (half) the upper house (every 3 yrs); the PM's are so spineless that they dare not say or do anything to upset anyone and, can't do anything as there is always an election around the corner in this country.

Now there are many "new religions" that have launched political parties and attract many sheep-like followers. These parties are winning the votes of the burgeoning naive as the supporter of the old guard begin to die off (literally). These “New Religions” are winning seats and upsetting (controlling) the balance of power. Now the two party system is rapidly proliferating into a sea of milquetoast gridlock.

Check out this photo from a former election: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01472/japan-election2_1472012c.jpg

There is an election every other year, and leadership that changes more frequently than the fashion (I have seen 5 prime ministers in just 3 years), no strong leadership, no strong vision, no majority, and a population more likely to vote for a small dog than for needed change.

Japan is on the bullet train to irrelevance.

But remember, on July 11th: “Let’s Voting!”