In that respect, Sanseito does inherit the existing tools of wider opposition politics—not just of the fringe right—which allows them to be efficient in appealing to the unaligned and disaffected voter base

They’re new but familiar

Something I noticed in discussions with @rmarcantuoni.bsky.social

I can't wait until the boomers are gone and the digital natives are in charge bsky.app/profile/kant...

The exit polls also showed that Wada had the highest vote share among under-50s

Source: www.fnn.jp/articles/-/9...

Online version: chihei.net?p=5517

Online version chihei.net?p=5517

i can at least explain the africa > homepill bit

these ppl believe its no accident the hometown initiative announcement and the approval of over-the-counter sale of morning after pill happened around the same time

they believe the govt did the latter to manage increased rape by hometown immigrants

its true i get more engagement here than on there tho

most of japan is still on twitter rather than here, sorry

and i mostly post in japanese for japanese these days, probs because im posting less about academic things and more reacting to domestic political developments

even at the jcp matsuri event the video was filmed at, a lot of the invited guest speakers were not party members but rather allies

and the ppl who came to the event were not all jcp members either, esp young ppl were from other left parties or unaffiliated

becoming a duepaying member is a big ask