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Women “would have their uteruses removed when they turn over 30,” Naoki Hyakuta, leader of the Conservative Party of Japan, said in a stream on his YouTube channel on Friday.

On the channel, he also said that he would make it law for “women who are single after 25 years old not to be allowed to marry.”

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Later, Hyakuta posted an apology on his X account. “I cannot deny that the expressions were too harsh,” he said. “I apologize for those who were offended.”

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[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 172 points 1 week ago (7 children)

WTF is happening in this world

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 146 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I've been saying it since 2015, but it bears repeating!

The global conservative propaganda machine — lead by the US and Russia — is using all of the data obtained from surveillance capitalism to target, A/B test, and iterate on psychological warfare across social media in real-time (as close to as the platforms allow). The most criminally corrupt and sociopathic benefit the most, as there is no limit to how depraved they will go — bots, lies, disinformation, deep fakes, utilizing actual criminal enterprises and scam operations, illegally obtained data — they will do whatever it takes to succeed.

There really isn't much difference between persuading you to buy a product and persuading you to vote for a political party; they both attack similar weaknesses and vulnerabilities, and the process of building the data pipelines and statistical models is nearly identical. People who knew history were always saying that this is what surveillance capitalism would lead to eventually. I don't think any of us thought it would happen so quickly, but the lack of regulation and highly centralized nature of social media meant that a relatively small operation could access 90% of the Internet using population.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 48 points 1 week ago

Persuading you to vote for their guy, or if you’re disinclined to do so, persuading you to not vote by instilling disgust/outrage (see also: “Genocide Joe”) or just a blackpilled sense of powerlessness.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Unchecked access to the internet by people who aren't emotionally mature enough to handle it.

Allowing all of humanity onto the internet when 30% of people still believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows was a mistake.

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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Men are going off the deep end

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Russian state media just showed nudes of Trump's wife during prime time tv.

We're in a weird spot.

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[–] 332@feddit.nu 105 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What the fuck is even going on here, this doesn't even align with their own weird agenda? This just seems psychotic for it's own sake.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Shock and Awe. He will say some heinous shit in a few days that’s slightly less evil and that will sound reasonable to the rightoids

Basically how Trump speech got normalized in the west.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 17 points 1 week ago

And then slowly go back to the original plan

[–] 418_im_a_teapot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is it really any different than forcing a woman to carry and raise her rapist’s child?

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 104 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Just in case anyone is wondering, this is a fringe right-wing party with one seat in Japanese Parliament's lower house.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 52 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is how it started in most EU countries: one MP who is an idiot, but gains in representation every election by also taking advantage of the contradictions of governing. These idiots did not use to grow, but now they do...and they are networked too now.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

From one seat in my country to almost having a full right wing government in the last elections. Yeah, it's not gonna end well for nobody if this shit keeps going up everywhere.

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[–] k0mprssd@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

good point, but I worry about a loop of the media giving attention, making people more aware that this party exists, ignorant people give them more support, repeat. seems like a similar strategy happened in the us with our media giving trump endless headlines.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 week ago

this is a fringe right-wing party with one seat in Japanese Parliament's lower house.

One seat too many, if this is the attitude of their leader.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago

Trump was considered a fringe party to.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 103 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Smart move for a country with a birth rate going off the cliffs and a terminal case of xenophobism.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My assumption is this is to increase the birth rate. The birth rate over 30 is probably lower, and putting a deadline forces you into a FOMO situation. You fear the consequences, so you just get married and have children.

Obviously, this is horrible for human rights (if you consider the rights of women to be human rights, which I at least do). I'm just saying it may be better for births than it appears. It's like video games restricting sale of items can increase sales of them. The human brain is easily manipulated by FOMO, especially with something this severe I'd imagine.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I'm actually hella curious what the context was here. Why would he want any of that?

[–] Shortstack@reddthat.com 87 points 1 week ago (3 children)

“I apologize for those who were offended.”

‘I’m sorry you’re offended by my abhorrent opinions’

Notice he’s not actually apologizing. At all. He’s just sorry he’s catching flak about it

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

I'm sorry you think I need to apologize

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[–] HerrVorragend@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Right, so to fight the declining birthrate, they entertain the idea that women over 25 should not be allowed to marry. And on top of that, women over the ripe, old age of 30 get their uteruses removed.

I am sure this totally would serve as an incentive to breed more and not at all make existing problems worse.

What a baka.

[–] Laser 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Right? It doesn't even make sense for their own world view. I kind of suspect a translation mistake, but then again there seems to be no limit to conservative idiocy.

The only way it makes sense is to create an environment where women out of FOMO Mary and give birth early.

Also imagine asking the same thing for men lol these people would lose their mind. But that's just the usual hypocrisy

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They reason (and I want to stress that it's their ideology, not mine) that men can keep doing crotchspawn when they are old. So the obvious solution is to force girls to marry and get breeded by men off all ages. /s but unfortunately not so much

[–] Laser 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

men can keep doing crotchspawn when they are old.

But if women can't, why would there be need for sterilization?

I know you're probably right, just trying to point out the absurdity.

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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 64 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

Because reading those sentences severely reduced my intelect, can please someone explain the brain dead logic of that loon? in very simple terms

What is to gain from sterilizing women? In a severely aged country with low birth rates, as it is?

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 85 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Its a threat to woman that if they don't get married young and have babies, the government will hurt them.

That it. Do what we say or else. The standard conservative line with women.

With trumps win, expect more of this. Being a complete piece of shit clearly works, so this will only escalate. Getting attention, even by being a vile misogynist, is a winning move now.

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[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This seems to be about oppressing women while uplifting the creepiest sort of men.

To give the maximum benefit of the doubt (which frankly, I don't think they deserve), there's evidence to suggest that birth defects become more likely as the mother gets older. I've always understood that to happen in women of a more advanced age though, 30 is too young to be a cutoff.

Also, women can't marry older than 25? What kind of bass ackwards handmaid's tale bullshit is that? If you want to have a family I guess you've got to hitch your wagon to any horse you can get your hands on. They're so fortunate though that the law doesn't apply to men, so they'll have plenty of creepy fifty year old dudes to choose from.

I think as a rule we should start sterilizing politicians who endorse sterilization. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, right? Of course, a hysterectomy is quite an invasive procedure compared to a vasectomy, so maybe in the interest of equitability we should begin with castration.

Anyway, this kind of rhetoric isn't really for women - they just happen to be the ones affected by it. For the men that this appeals to, they're probably believe they're more likely to attract a virginal beauty if they start removing women's options. It's truly abhorrent.

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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 53 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Is it Japan's turn to have a go at surfing the wave of stupid?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago

Always has been. It’s a country of racist conservatives that continue to deny past genocides. They’re good at cleaning things tho.

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[–] VerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 1 week ago

Passing this on:

A uterus is NOT disposable even when you don't want to have kids - it serves a purpose in women's bodily health. If you need to get it removed for health reasons then absolutely do it, but please don't ever think uterus + breasts serve no purpose when you're not having kids. They greatly participate in the hormonal health of the body & brain, in the lymphatic structure, keeping other organs in their place, and it has been now proven by studies that if you do a hysterectomy when young it greatly affects your risk to get alzheimer's/dementia. This is not to say you shouldn't take care of your reproduction or get yourself sterilized if you want. But patriarchy has already commodified every body part of ours; please, let's appreciate our natural bodies and health and not take it for granted. Please do not think your bodyparts are disposable if you are not having kids. That's what men think. Your body parts are valuable and an important part of YOU. They serve YOU and your health, no-one else. You are not a barbie doll that can have parts taken out without consequences. You do not consist of parts, you are a whole person. You are a lovely, important human, and your health and body parts belong to you. I know we are taught to think about ourselves as a collection of body parts and to nit pick them apart, but I want to stress this is a patriarchal way of thinking. Your womb does not suddenly become irrelevant if you're not in relationships with men. It is still hugely important to YOU.💜

So yeah, as usual, why in the world should anyone except the person with the uterus, getting a say in the matter?

[–] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What in the fuck did I just read

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[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 week ago

Naoki Hyakuta

He’s a notorious piece of crap in Japan.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 31 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Women over 30 cant marry? I think this dude is a lolicon. Someone check his pc.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe a Japanese politician should be aware of his country's history on the matter before discussing forced sterilization...

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[–] MonsterMonster@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

The Japanese branch of the Taliban.

[–] inv3r510n@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

As a single (gay) woman over 30 who’s tired of having a uterus I’m moving to japan lmfao

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

wow the butchery seems to be going worldwide

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

Someone got jilted by a 17 year old

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago

I'm going to remove this guy's lungs if he doesn't shut the fuck up

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And men will have their balls chopped off

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[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Free tube tying for everyone above 25? I knew about some villages in poor rural India and african countries that did this to limit teen pregnancy and over population. The complete opposite of what Japan is dealing with

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