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RE: Top 4 Reasons for Leaving Japan (Notes from Under the Tatami Mats–87 … My Adventures in Japan)
When people need to put a facade just to hide the true self, that can be lethally dangerous. Like a pressure cooker waiting to explode. Imagine a whole society like that, scary.
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Good point. Of course, not all the Japanese abuse "tatemae" in that way, and of course, most of them are clearly not psychopaths. But as you stated, erecting such facades can be dangerous.
And I lived there for quite a while, so I do not even have to imagine anything. I just have to recall those aspects.