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Anti-foreigner sentiments are on the rise as Japan faces a population crisis (abcnews.go.com)

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Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, criticizes Japan’s rapidly growing foreign population.

As opponents, separated by uniformed police and bodyguards, accuse him of racism, Kamiya shouts back, saying he is only talking common sense.

Sanseito, while still a minor party, made big gains in July’s parliamentary election, and Kamiya's “Japanese First” platform of anti-globalism, anti-immigration and anti-liberalism is gaining broader traction ahead of a ruling party vote Saturday that will choose the likely next prime minister.

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

there is a difference between natural scarcity and artificial scarcity.

Natural scarcity is one that is simply there for natural circumstances. Such as, your population grows, and now suddenly you have 7 kids to feed, so you have to work harder to farm enough food. That's natural scarcity and everybody understands that you have to work to live through it. Another example would be natural disasters, or maybe if you develop a new technology and now you want to build a factory to produce a new type of product. You have to invest a lot of hard work to build that new factory, and everybody understands that. People are generally fine with that, and pull through with it.

Artificial scarcity is one that is purely man-made, for no underlying natural reason. Examples are when the rich siphon all the wealth away from society and people don't have enough resources to live anymore. We live in a time with enormous productive capabilities, but those don't reach the people because somebody mindlessly steals them. People are told to work 60+ hours/week, and that's not because of some natural circumstances but because rent is made so expensive by nonsensical policies and greedy landlords that your wage doesn't pay for it anymore. That's artificial scarcity and people are not ok with it; in fact it makes them very angry.

That is why you have to distinguish between natural scarcity and artificial scarcity. People are largely ok with natural scarcity but NOT with artificial scarcity; and in fact artificial scarcity should be held small at all times; i believe.