[ravenstine]

Just a note on Bushido: Although I'm sure such codes can be useful to people, it's essentially bullcrap got used to fuel Japan's rise of fascism.

https://www.tofugu.com/japan/bushido/

I particularly loathe the term as I've heard it used by more than one desperate "white knight" who doesn't practice a single bit of it but uses it to appear virtuous. Whenever I hear someone mention "bushido", my first instinct is to assume they don't know what they're talking about.

I think it's fine to espouse the ideology if one actually takes it seriously and understands the history(or lack thereof). Sadly, it seems more often to be used as a seemingly non-denominational form of code to be adopted by those trying to mask their own lack of virtue. Then again, it's probably more effective to adopt parts of different ideologies you find useful rather than taint yourself with a name like Bushido.

[jdmichal]

Chivalry is very similar. Wikipedia even has a section calling it out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivalry#Literary_chivalry_and...

[icc97]

It doesn't say that chivalry was some fascist practice, just that it's never been that prevalent.

[jdmichal]

Did you read the"ten commandments" in the section above? It was very much part of the larger fuedal system, including the church.

[datawarrior]

Japan was never Fascist

[ravenstine]

Care to explain? 1930s/40s Japan was an authoritarian nationalist regime. I don't see how they weren't fascist, but I'm open to being proven wrong.

[krapp]

Arguably, as Fascism was an actual political movement in Italy, Japan could no more have been considered Fascists than they could have been considere Nazis. They were Imperialists.

However both 'fascist' and 'nazi' have commonly understood meanings beyond am affiliation with their respective political parties, so while datawarrior was technically correct (making them the best kind of correct) they were also being needlessly pedantic.

[datawarrior]

You should look up what Fascism actually is. Sad this has to be pointed out on HN. Really sad

[mcguire]

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/

[ravenstine]

I'm sorry to disappoint you.