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30th April 2022

Post reblogged from Ice Fairy Enthusiast with 101 notes

brazenautomaton:

argumate:

it would really baffle people in the 1980s and ‘90s to think that Korea would be a major cultural force in the future, like, Korea? the country that makes shitty cars and electronics? that Korea? in what world could Korean pop stars and soap operas suddenly become popular outside of Korea itself they would naturally ask.

even at the peak of the Japanese economic boom there weren’t too many people predicting a Japanese cultural wave to follow the inevitable global economic dominance, and for once they were right! but then the Korean thing comes completely out of nowhere.

it does suggest one meaningful difference between “hard power” and “soft power” though: cultural exports are as good as oil and gas exports in terms of the dollars they bring in, but it’s a lot easier for a competitor to cut off your cultural exports without suffering any negative consequences themselves, it’s not like they’ll go cold and hungry in the winter if they can’t buy your idol crap any more.

even at the peak of the Japanese economic boom there weren’t too many people predicting a Japanese cultural wave to follow the inevitable global economic dominance, and for once they were right! 

did you forget about anime again

vidya, too

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  2. yourshadowisfollowingyou said: ????? Japan has way more cultural impact in the West than Korea.
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    That's the most profitable media franchise in human history....Did you grow up watching...
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    Horizon: Zero Dawn is a bit of a facetious example*, but if Nintendo games were strongly Japanese-tilted in the 80s and...
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    hard to define, sure, but here’s a heuristic: did this thing contribute to convincing anyone to take japanese instead of...
  10. lordascapelion reblogged this from you-stand-corrected and added:
    There was some fear of Japanese cultural dominance from their massive economic boom in the late 80’s. Such as:
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    @meskel you say that as if a good majority of mainland’s upper middle class isn’t already depressed about their national...
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    you sincerely think K-pop is more influential than anime...may I introduce you to: the...
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    it would really baffle people in the 1980s and '90s to think that Korea would be a major cultural force in the future,...