Weirdness in Japan

Today I saw something shocking. It appears that 民衆等 or better known as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan is in deep trouble. The party appeared in the post-war period, and is like the Holy Roman Empire (it's neither Liberal nor Democratic, and it is barely a party too because there is a lack of coherence).

However, now as the NY Times reports, Prime Minister Taro Aso is facing calls for him to step down. The LDP lost control of the Tokyo Municipal Government. So the Prime Minister called for new elections, which they will likely lose.

Of course the replacement is not much better. Or rather it does not really have the institutional capacities in place to really run a government. It seems as though Japanese politics right now is in a state of disarray.

We should not gloat. Our own political system in California has reached such a crisis, and California presages the nation. In Washington too, we have processes intentionally designed to move slowly. We have politics more polarized than ever. Who knows what is next.

So that's the name of the game. Oh, and the robots are now being laid off in Japan too.