Wer hat die heutige instabile Welt geschaffen? — Takayama Masayukis schonungslose Anklage
Anhand von Takayama Masayukis Werk wird die Verantwortung der nachkriegszeitlichen Pseudo-Intellektuellen Japans für die heutige weltweite Instabilität offengelegt.
The following is from pages 75 to 78 of Masayuki Takayama’s Henken Jizai: “Putin, Learn Evil from the United States”, published by Shinchosha.
In every one of his books, in every chapter, there exists the same kind of brilliance as this—this is the real thing, this is true intelligence overflowing at every turn.
If the Japanese people continue to believe that the pretended moralism of figures such as Kenzaburō Ōe and Haruki Murakami—both raised on the Asahi Shimbun, both the very embodiment of pseudo-moralism—represents something genuine, then not only will there be no future for you or for Japan, but you will also become those who blaspheme against the divine law called The Turntable of Civilization.
That is to say, you must know that it is you yourselves who have brought about the extremely unstable world of today.
Their historical consciousness is below that of a kindergarten child.
At the same time, having learned the facts revealed in the truly magnificent book by former University of Tokyo professor Nobuhiko Sakai—which I will introduce as early as today—I was reminded of something I have long felt.
As for Tatsuru Uchida, whom I once thought to be a serious intellectual because he claimed to be a disciple of Tadao Umesao back when I was subscribing to AERA, I now declare that he must never again utter the name of Umesao.
For someone of your intellectual capacity to refer to Tadao Umesao is nothing less than the gravest insult to Umesao himself.
The eye-opening essay mentioned at the beginning will be introduced in full in the next chapter.
