XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: commodorejohn@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 20:23:33 -0500   
   c186282  wrote:   
      
   > How long before Japan and Korea (and a lot of others soon after)   
   > cease to be whatever they were ? They keep importing young foreign   
   > labor, more and more and more, which means whatever the   
   > culture/history was keeps evaporating.   
   >   
   > Soon 'Japan' will just be a geographic name, not anything to do with   
   > an ancient culture, not anything with a history.   
      
   Spoiler alert, that's *all of history* - we're just more aware of it   
   now. Try reading medieval literature sometime, and count the number of   
   references to tribes and states that are just names on a map or foot-   
   notes in the distant history of some present-day ethnic group.   
      
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