Liberal Japan

Some of the people who have been kind enough to read this blog have referred to me as a libertarian. Of course, I’d prefer to think of myself as a liberal of the classical mold, but I have to admit in many ways that aligns me with modern libertarians.

Anyway, let me pose a question. According to the views I hold, which party would I be best off to support in Japan? (I’m not a citizen, so speaking in terms of moral support.) Ironically enough, if my decision were to be based on campaign posters, it would have to be the Japanese Communist Party.

For literally years now, I’ve been seeing campaign posters arguing for a strict interpretation of article 9 of the Japanese constitution, the antiwar clause. Wow, that’s just what I believe. The constitution should be taken seriously and interpreted strictly. Good on you, JCP.

Now, recently, I’ve noticed a new poster from the JCP. This poster says something like stop the sales tax increase. It’s an anti-tax message. Wow, I can get into that. Fight the tax raise, the government already gets too much money.

So there you have it. Based on campaign posters, the JCP is the party of strict constitutionalism and antitax to boot. Now, that’s the party for me. Okay, if I actually checked their platform, I’d probably have to revise this a bit, but anyway …

I can’t help but wish JCP luck next election cycle with their anti-tax, strict constitutional platform.