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  • @S7EVE_P
    @S7EVE_P 4 года назад +126

    I have a 1987 Nissan Sunny...its built better and more reliable than anything else I ever owned. Same for my old hifi components. Basically if it says made in Japan, its made to a very high standard and better than anything else from anywhere else..

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 4 года назад +5

      Even better than made in Germany?

    • @MurphyColeman
      @MurphyColeman 3 года назад +2

      @@MrWalker1000 I’m sure that no country is better at making Baumkuchen than Germany!!😆🤣😆🤣

    • @juliestonelake7606
      @juliestonelake7606 3 года назад +19

      Yeah I reckon the Japanese stuffs better than the German stuff

    • @garywinterbottom6073
      @garywinterbottom6073 3 года назад +5

      I so agree I've had mainly Suzuki cars all lasted well and never hardly gave any trouble the Toyota avensis I had was bulletproof it broke down once in nearly 3 years even the it was a seized handbrake cable the aa guy just disconnected it happy days.

    • @blakaeg
      @blakaeg 3 года назад +10

      @@MrWalker1000 German stuff is not the best. That is very old fashioned thnking!!

  • @genki2genki
    @genki2genki 3 года назад +175

    I'm so glad I lived in Japan during this era. It was an amazing time. I wish I had appreciated even more than I did.

    • @dradenhaven1549
      @dradenhaven1549 3 года назад

      where are you from ?

    • @MrJaxon
      @MrJaxon 3 года назад

      How Japan now and you?

    • @BOZ_11
      @BOZ_11 2 года назад +8

      14 hour days in the factory. great times

    • @mattiasarvidsson8522
      @mattiasarvidsson8522 2 года назад +1

      you had those cute girls in sailor jackets back then, that inspired modern cartoons .. ;)

    • @nannesoar
      @nannesoar Год назад +2

      To be fair that's how most people feel about their past😊

  • @edmundszalitis
    @edmundszalitis 3 года назад +140

    It's weird to think that those kids are 40+ years old and probably some of them have passed away. And this video is available to us at any time on this platform. Mindblowing.

    • @MTC008
      @MTC008 2 года назад

      majority of adults here are surely baby boomers born in the late 1940s

    • @garym3624
      @garym3624 2 года назад +8

      Right? Unbelievable we have this technology in our generation, but,
      Imagine what the future holds...?
      Maybe we’ll be able to pick a time and a location in the past and visit using some kind of virtual reality set up?
      Who knows?

    • @199724
      @199724 2 года назад

      And how some companies were at such an advanced stage of automation compared to now...

    • @888ssss
      @888ssss Год назад

      they are busy paying boomers debt.

    • @reldies5364
      @reldies5364 Год назад +1

      @@199724 Todays automation is in a whole different dimension then the best automation back then.

  • @meta4155
    @meta4155 7 лет назад +230

    Japanese people always have an honor commitment when it comes to important works. I appreciate it

    • @allgoo1964
      @allgoo1964 5 лет назад +14

      Sath Pichvorak
      "Japanese people always have an honor commitment when it comes to important works. I appreciate it"
      ==
      Situation is changing.
      The employers are betraying the workers.
      There's no life time employment.
      Many workers are becoming temp, workers without benefit and job security.

    • @ridwanhusainishraq
      @ridwanhusainishraq 3 года назад

      What about Germans?

  • @tommyvictorbuch6960
    @tommyvictorbuch6960 4 года назад +110

    The most sophisticated people in the world - by far.
    Made in japan equals top quality. That's a fact.

    • @mattiasarvidsson8522
      @mattiasarvidsson8522 2 года назад +2

      I'm happy the imperial japan got shut down..

    • @missingno88
      @missingno88 8 месяцев назад

      amazing country yet they're also the least productive of the G7, despite the longer work hours lol

    • @DrAhzek
      @DrAhzek 8 месяцев назад +5

      @@missingno88 Sadly, Japan was the first one to enter the 2000s...and the last of the developed countries YET to leave the 2000s.

    • @mayaarini-wz7hk
      @mayaarini-wz7hk 7 месяцев назад

      orang japan & orang german adalah orang terpilih

    • @HonkyReduction-b2g
      @HonkyReduction-b2g 5 месяцев назад

      Yes, Japanese products are the most reliable in the world. But I wouldn't say the Japanese are the most sophisticated in the world. East Asians are still a bit primitive in general. Also, the work/study culture makes no sense. East Asians think longer you study, the more you learn. The longer you work, the more work you get done. That is absolutely ridiculous. Over-worked people are tired and are less productive.

  • @socrates_the_great6209
    @socrates_the_great6209 5 лет назад +159

    They were so much ahead of the west back then...crazy

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 5 лет назад +4

      @Maçã Verde no they are behind now

    • @parisstromatias637
      @parisstromatias637 5 лет назад +16

      @@MrWalker1000 Now their more advanced than any country in the world. they live in the 25 fifth century just wait when the Olympics start

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 5 лет назад +15

      @@parisstromatias637 they are not that advanced. other asian countries are even beating them

    • @giantblob7075
      @giantblob7075 4 года назад +29

      @@MrWalker1000 Japan doesnt like to flex its achievements like other countries such as China. I visited Japan a year ago and jesus christ, especially Tokyo and Osaka, they are way ahead in many ways still. They just don't export those technologies just yet. Its just that, they technology is driven by efficiency. Everything is just so efficient and I come from Australia and i thought we had it pretty good lol. A country can be really efficient without having a large GDP. Japan is such a country. If you think china or the US is advanced cause of its GDP, you are clearly going around it the wrong way.

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 4 года назад +3

      @@giantblob7075 okay maybe not but what about the advancements of Korea and Taiwan? I think weebs tend to overblown how superior Japanese culture is. What makes Osaka and Tokyo so ahead? I have friends who have been to both and say Seoul, Korea has beat Japan in technology. Gdp does matter it's a reflection of the economy and Japan has fallen behind western countries like Australia or even Germany.

  • @kay6096
    @kay6096 4 года назад +46

    Amazing that the Mazak factory still exists today and is even more automated. Incredible.

  • @MurphyColeman
    @MurphyColeman 3 года назад +45

    Japan still takes the initiative in science and technology. Don't forget Hayabusa(はやぶさ), a robotic spacecraft which landed on an asteroid and came back successfully to the Earth with extremely precious samples for the first time in human history! In addition, we Japanese are very proud of Fugaku(富岳), which is still the fastest supercomputer in the world(as of March, 2021). The supercomputer helps us learn how airborne droplets containing the novel coronavirus spread.

    • @missplainjane3905
      @missplainjane3905 2 года назад

      You are native ?

    • @MurphyColeman
      @MurphyColeman 2 года назад +3

      @@missplainjane3905 Yeah, I'm a Japanese who was born in Japan.

    • @missplainjane3905
      @missplainjane3905 2 года назад

      @@MurphyColeman
      You seem fluent in english which is rare for japanese people.

    • @MurphyColeman
      @MurphyColeman 2 года назад +4

      @@missplainjane3905 Thank you for your heartwarming comment!!😆I've subscribed to English-language newspapers for many years. I'll do my utmost to improve my English proficiency and visit English-speaking countries someday. I strongly hope that the pandemic will end ASAP!!

    • @MurphyColeman
      @MurphyColeman 2 года назад +2

      @@missplainjane3905 1) I definitely do.
      2) technology: 9
      For example, Toyota Motor Corporation is trying desperately to develop hydrogen-powered vehicles for the future of the company (and the world). As you know, hydrogen produces nothing but water when burning. Hydrogen-powered vehicles are ultimately environment-friendly!!
      architecture: 9
      Tunnels, bridges and wooden structures are cases in point.
      The Seikan Tunnel between Aomori Prefecture and Hokkaido is the world's longest undersea tunnel. The Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge when completed in1999. Part of Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture is the world's oldest wooden structure.
      food: 8
      Japanese traditional cuisine (washoku/和食) was designated as a UNESCO intangible world heritage in 2013. However, some cuisines are a little salty.
      landscape:10
      I love Japanese beautiful scenery, because I am a Japan native!!
      standard of living and quality of life:9
      In 2000, Japan's insurance system was praised as being the best medical insurance system in the world by the World Health Organization (WHO).
      There are convenience stores and vending machines all over Japan.
      3) Kind but a little humble. I want all Japanese people to be more proud of themselves.
      4) vulnerability:
      Unfortunately Japan is surrounded by authoritarian countries such as Russia and China, and constantly attacked by them. What is worse, there are a variety of natural disasters like earthquakes, typhoons and tsunami.
      long history:
      It is said that Japan was founded on February 11, the year 660 BC.
      unique writing system:
      Japanese people use Kanji characters(漢字), Hiragana(ひらがな), Katakana(カタカナ) and the Roman alphabet(ABCabc).
      「私はRUclipsであなたと出会えてすごくハッピーです。」
      (I feel super happy I came across you on RUclips.)

  • @saminathanr1462
    @saminathanr1462 3 года назад +29

    Watching this in 2022 ! How it felt 40 years ago!! Japan was a booming industrial power the only Asian star who could challenge the west...

    • @mayurkanth6987
      @mayurkanth6987 2 года назад +5

      Now Asia haa already overtaken west

  • @Phunker1
    @Phunker1 5 лет назад +187

    Listening to the narrator, you understand why Britan's industry was already doomed in 1982.

    • @trueKENTUCKY
      @trueKENTUCKY 5 лет назад +5

      Dead inside

    • @patrickpaganini
      @patrickpaganini 5 лет назад +8

      I thought the narrator was good. It was sympathetic and positive.

    • @victoriamitchell2233
      @victoriamitchell2233 5 лет назад +21

      Maçã Verde Marxists are pro-industry and against outsourcing. Britain’s industry was destroyed by the policies and ideology of Margaret Thatcher, a right-wing conservative capitalist who shut down coal mines, factories, and destroyed the economy with privatization. Now Britain has no industry, and its private rail is among the LEAST efficient & reliable in the world. Britain’s GDP composition by sector in 2019 is 79.2% service, 20.2% industry, and 0.7% agriculture.
      China-a Marxist-Leninist socialist country-has a massive industrial base that continues to expand and improve under socialist economic planning. For example, China produces ~950,000,000 tons of steel/year, while the USA produces only ~85,000,000. The closest country to China is India, which produces ~110,000,000 tons/year. Look at other industrial metrics, and they are all the same. China’s GDP composition by sector in 2019 is 6.4% agriculture, 30% industry (vs. 20.2% for Britain), and only 63% service (vs. 79.2% for Britain). I got my GDP composition statistics from the CIA World Factbook, steel production stats are from the respective economic bureaus of China, India, and the USA.
      Socialism = economic progress, industry, & wealth for all citizens.
      Capitalism = inefficiency, outsourcing, and economic stagnation.
      I could go on, but hopefully you see.

    • @Phunker1
      @Phunker1 5 лет назад +21

      @@victoriamitchell2233 Will you blithering idiots ever shut up?

    • @agedmagister4562
      @agedmagister4562 5 лет назад +3

      @@victoriamitchell2233that 's how it is.

  • @jtbtabimono
    @jtbtabimono 3 года назад +16

    This is so interesting. Those workers at the Nissan factory seen in 11:30 didn't see it coming that in ten years time, that is around 1992, the company will start to go down hill and by the end of 1990s, on the verge of collapse, only to be rescued by Renault.
    The world and people have changed since, which meant that the Japanese car industry in general is starting to follow the footsteps of British Leyland. Quality issues reflected in increased numbers of vehicle recalls, extensive platform sharing followed by the badge engineering and tech mergers.

    • @garywinterbottom6073
      @garywinterbottom6073 3 года назад +5

      Yep Renault's have always been poor quality cars apart from the diesel engines which are reliable mainly 1.5 and 1.9 dci.

    • @DickTickles
      @DickTickles 2 года назад +2

      All the car manufacturers since the 80s had to deal with emissions reductions and fuel economy increases thanks to gov't mandates, which increased cost, all while having to find ways to reduce expenses to generate higher profits for investors.
      While Toyota and Honda are high quality vehicles today, they're not nearly as good in quality as they were in the 80s and 90s.
      The Korean automakers (Hyundai/Kia) becoming more popular due to higher quality (tho still below that of Toyota and Honda) and lower cost has added a lot of competition and at a time when real wages for Western economies has fallen a cheaper car sells better, even if it doesn't last as long.
      In general, the entire world is regressing.

  • @sushiromifune7096
    @sushiromifune7096 5 лет назад +27

    20:59 I miss the good old days…
    Matsushita's electrical circuits are all designed based on the golden ratio. Because of it's f*ckin beautiful.

    • @faulknik000
      @faulknik000 3 года назад +1

      I've found Matsushita / National / Panasonic products to always be of very high quality. Very well designed, reliable and always use quality components. I especially like their older products (1960s-1980s) because often, EVERY electronic component in the device is made by them, which is something you would never see in a product today.

  • @jeffdalrymple1634
    @jeffdalrymple1634 3 года назад +16

    The big reason why Japan's post-war industry grew so rapidly was the government's implementation of "accelerated depreciation" as well as post-war reconstruction. Even Khrushchev was flabbergasted over America's geriatric manufacturing infrastructure. i.e. 100 plus hundred year old machines and buildings still in operation. The engineer at 24:00 reminds me of the 'The Twilight Zone' episode "The Brain Center at Whipples".

    • @ginocavazos2153
      @ginocavazos2153 2 года назад

      It seemed that the atom bomb and the war and after being rebuilt made the country better 🇯🇵🚅🏯🗻🗾

    • @jeffdalrymple1634
      @jeffdalrymple1634 2 года назад +1

      @@ginocavazos2153 exactly. Japan may have lost the battle but won the war. Same with Germany. Russia and China got the shaft from Uncle Sam.

  • @sutherlandA1
    @sutherlandA1 4 года назад +34

    1985: plaza accord
    1986: economic bubble
    1991: beginning of the lost decades

    • @Tubingenstr
      @Tubingenstr 3 года назад +5

      Japan's lost decade was created by China/Korea influenced Japanese left wing movement. Same movement in 1960's UK made by Labour government of Soviet influence.

    • @sutherlandA1
      @sutherlandA1 3 года назад +11

      @@Tubingenstrnice conspiracy theory 🥴🤯😵‍💫

    • @TheZachary86
      @TheZachary86 3 года назад

      @@Tubingenstr
      Bullshit.

    • @thedarkknight6159
      @thedarkknight6159 3 месяца назад

      @@Tubingenstr I recommend you to watch more documentaries on this, in a nutshell: Japan arrogantly neglected the software industry, kinda lika Nokia and modern smartphones.

    • @Tubingenstr
      @Tubingenstr 3 месяца назад

      @@thedarkknight6159 Not because of arrogant. 1) SONY didn't like smart phone due to protecting copy right of music. 2) Japan is only one country most of people(almost all) don't understand English. Developing "Software" need English ability to sell product worldwide, not like Hardware such as Car, TV and Audio. So, not arrogant. It was not able for Japanese.

  • @GodConsciousness
    @GodConsciousness 5 лет назад +35

    Gods...those little kids are about my age now. I love Japan and I wish them only the best!

  • @9inchpp
    @9inchpp 5 лет назад +33

    Call this a hindsight but the reporter failed to realize that with technological innovations and development, new type of business coming suit and new kind of employment is being created. Take for example, the car industry. As cars getting much smarter and safer, there are much more components that needed to be outsourced to other companies to keep the cost down. These companies hires their own talents, which in turn reduce overall unemployment. The car factory hires less people but the industry, as a whole hires more.
    It seems like the word "synergy" is a totally foreign concept to western industries, where everything is zero-sum and compromises is being misunderstood as synergy

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 5 лет назад

      .

    • @ttrjw
      @ttrjw 5 лет назад +4

      The report is Bryan Gould who later beacme a British MP and unsucessfully ran for the leadership of the Labour party. The issue of not understanding jobs created with new technology is very common.

    • @highend79
      @highend79 5 лет назад +3

      Well and there are much less japanese later

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 5 лет назад +3

      True. In the west you see a lot of hate for technology in western countries but In Japan they don't seem to hate it.

    • @hectornieves537
      @hectornieves537 7 месяцев назад

      I don't know what this comment is referring to since it is too generalistic but if you're referring to the creation of robots to automate the job of multiple workers then you're dead wrong. The creation of such robots might create a team of outsourced specialists to work on it in the short term but in the long term multiple jobs are lost to robots in the automotive industry because of this. Look at Japan's car industry now, mostly automation. The people who benefit are specialists who make the robots, CEOs/Companies, and maintenance workers for the robots.

  • @matuddin971
    @matuddin971 4 года назад +17

    Japanese workers are very disciplined, i like.

  • @nysun6293
    @nysun6293 5 лет назад +18

    Most hilarious thing ever - the robot joining in the exercise!

  • @wellivea1
    @wellivea1 5 лет назад +26

    Funnily enough, Japan now has a problem with not having *enough* workers. Even between the time that this was made and now, the highest unemployment rate was 6%, far lower than what the US and European countries saw in their crises. Clearly higher specialization and education is something to strive for, not fear.

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 5 лет назад +1

      Have babies ffs

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 5 лет назад +4

      @fullmetaljaco it's debt held by Japanese themselfs. It's not debt owed to another country so its different

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 5 лет назад +1

      @fullmetaljaco so if Japan is the largest creditor nation and has been for a long time now since the 80s shouldn't it be rated like Germany as a triple AAA economy? Germany seems to have many issues of its own despite being rated so highly.

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 5 лет назад +1

      @fullmetaljaco that's true but it could be maybe Japan has been stagnating and hence the rating. But Japan is also the largest creditor nation so that also doesn't make any sense. Japans gdp per capita is not as high as it should be considering how advanced it looks.

    • @DickTickles
      @DickTickles 2 года назад +1

      The problem in Japan now is they didn't have enough children 30-40 years ago and they've got too many over 60 that the younger generations are being tasked with supporting the more numerous old folks.
      Japan had it rough in the 90s when the market crashed and where the Japanese stock markets are today, they're only 200% higher than what they were in 1982.
      Imagine if the Dow in the US today was only 3000 points, not the 30,000 it is currently.
      The lack of asset growth crippled Japan, it couldn't grow a consumer economy like the US has and that also made it more difficult for them to have more kids, which meant it couldn't grow later on.

  • @patrickbrown7491
    @patrickbrown7491 5 лет назад +25

    Japan was very strong economicly then, they simply had the upper hand in manufacturing!

  • @republish368
    @republish368 4 года назад +8

    Very nice video :)
    History always repeats itself.

  • @rockstar78970
    @rockstar78970 2 года назад +13

    It was so amazing era for Japan, these were technologically 25-30 years ahead of the rest of the world, even the US looked so far behind them

  • @NYKgjl10
    @NYKgjl10 3 года назад +13

    Bushido mentality in Japan is alive and well in lifestyle, business and financial world back then and even today.

  • @goodwinnihon
    @goodwinnihon 5 лет назад +32

    watching in december 2019, and still auto plants in japan are full of living flesh workers

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 4 года назад

      @Sir Solid Snail what are you saying? Aren't robots going to take over when they get advanced

  • @APW030587
    @APW030587 5 лет назад +15

    When I was a kid it's so amazing and inspiring ....

  • @lognomelchorambas5364
    @lognomelchorambas5364 5 лет назад +24

    Even the robots will have to warm up before the start working

  • @uryen921
    @uryen921 5 лет назад +85

    1980s is the golden age of city pop!

    • @Ichigo-cp9wz
      @Ichigo-cp9wz 5 лет назад

      Golden age? Must be dreaming

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 5 лет назад

      @@Ichigo-cp9wz ?

    • @Alanphuphalee
      @Alanphuphalee 5 лет назад

      ultra goku ?

    • @dogster6283
      @dogster6283 5 лет назад +8

      You mean golden times for Japan
      City Pop is just genre that Japanese had in 80s and personally I listen to these songs because they are beatiful

    • @tomlucky6836
      @tomlucky6836 5 лет назад +1

      是的,而且不止80,还有60 70

  • @s1cknote12
    @s1cknote12 4 года назад +18

    A lot of focus here by the presenter on the "impact" of the robots on the British workforce and the fear of the power the unions have who through their own ignorance and self preservation, stifled innovation and dragged British industry backwards, a situation we have never recovered from.

  • @AlabamaShrimp
    @AlabamaShrimp 7 лет назад +37

    Bit of an abrupt end but very interesting, can we have more full programmes please.

  • @liguangzhang1031
    @liguangzhang1031 5 лет назад +8

    This is a great channel. It is so great to research history by video not by book.

  • @CenturionKZ
    @CenturionKZ 5 лет назад +14

    Japanese are the most honorable people on this planet. Respect from Kazakhstan

    • @benrivera3298
      @benrivera3298 5 лет назад +3

      ......you need to get out more.

    • @hajunjebat8180
      @hajunjebat8180 5 лет назад +1

      I think german in first place ,japan second .

    • @sutherlandA1
      @sutherlandA1 4 года назад

      Too bad many workers were thrown on the scrapheap during the lost decade when japanese companies started to stagnate and fail

  • @abettermousetrap
    @abettermousetrap 4 года назад +42

    Japan has always been been a society that others should try to mimic. The Japanese person has honour, dignity, dedication and is hard working and industrious. The west lost the ability to teach honour and dignity resulting in a culture of selfish autonotoms

    • @tomservo5007
      @tomservo5007 4 года назад +12

      Germany has a better model. Japan has a lot of social negatives.

    • @ciprianpopa1503
      @ciprianpopa1503 4 года назад +18

      You mean suicidal workaholics living in rabbit hatches?

    • @Schroefdoppie
      @Schroefdoppie 4 года назад +5

      @@tomservo5007 Not to mention low birth rate and aging population.

    • @StreetDrilla
      @StreetDrilla 3 года назад

      oh no, westerner wants to believe japan is an overall better place. South Korea and Japan are probably the least desirable developed countries in the world. But sure, if richer = better than i'd like to see you live there. Leave your North American/European home then.

  • @AntonioCastilloezj2006
    @AntonioCastilloezj2006 4 года назад +20

    Potencia tecnológica hasta éstos días, cultura y gentes muy admirables, adelante Japón.

    • @tusaka5886
      @tusaka5886 2 года назад +1

      この頃まで?日本は今も前身しています。

  • @tomservo5007
    @tomservo5007 4 года назад +7

    20:53 , Millennials don't believe me when I tell them that, since the 50s, we've been told AI is just around the corner -- nice to see the same for robots , at least since the early 80s.

    • @TheZachary86
      @TheZachary86 3 года назад +2

      “Around the corner” means nothing.
      your predictions needs to be accurate. The 80s robot wasn’t even using AI. They were pre programmed.

  • @rizkyrizky2152
    @rizkyrizky2152 5 лет назад +8

    Japan is the first developed country in Asia. the peak of its economy was 1980

    • @Reformamposss
      @Reformamposss 5 лет назад +3

      First develepod asia country is Babylon ( now iraq)...then chinese dynasty which invented paper, gun powder, printing, tootbrush etc

    • @Reformamposss
      @Reformamposss 5 лет назад +2

      Abbasyd ummayid Ming dynasty..was the developed Asian countries..wayyy before the europaen

    • @supernova7966
      @supernova7966 5 лет назад

      But they has bigger economy than 1980's

    • @rizkyrizky2152
      @rizkyrizky2152 5 лет назад +4

      @@Reformamposss That's the day too far. Dude. At that time has no economic indicator. We start in the modern century of 20th century

    • @naekemuel1991
      @naekemuel1991 5 лет назад

      @@Reformamposss the modern world started after ww2

  • @aaiai8230
    @aaiai8230 5 лет назад +14

    15:45
    In 2019, It's typical implicit way to abuse workers until they resign company or dive into train.

  • @specnaz1395
    @specnaz1395 5 лет назад +37

    "computer allergy " .... in the early 80s !

  • @ryanthompson2893
    @ryanthompson2893 3 года назад +25

    Use this video as a example of how NOT to manage an economy… Japan has failed and has been failing since 1991. That Nissan CEO laughing was NOT good. He was blissfully unaware of anything bad ever happening to Nissan. So unaware in fact that he led them to bankruptcy by the late 90s. They were bought out by Renault in 2000 and have been in decline ever since. That professor was right, Japan was essentially digging it’s own grave in the 80s. By now, there are some Japanese car factories that have almost been completely automated. Japan has inadvertently made itself redundant.

    • @hectornieves537
      @hectornieves537 7 месяцев назад +2

      I agree with a lot of these points. I wouldn't necessarily say that Japan was building its own grave in 82' but definitely by the 85' Plaza Accord and the building of the economic bubble by the late 80's caused the economic collapse. Unfortunately as well, foreign investments are not as prevalent as they were back then due to population and GDP declines but also Japan having a unique economic structure it's hard to see them bounce back from such a decline unless drastic changes are made.

    • @faustoferrari4303
      @faustoferrari4303 5 месяцев назад

      Yeah, yeah, hindsight is a wonderful thing! You could make these kind of smart aleck (but admittedly mostly accurate) comments about any successful society at any time in history. Japan has managed its industrial decline quite well in terms of limiting social dislocation and the wealth gap though increasing is still far less than in other equivalent countries.

    • @ryanthompson2893
      @ryanthompson2893 4 месяца назад

      @@faustoferrari4303 there's an over used saying "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" The Japanese had the right idea for the most part with what they were trying to do. But they just made a few too many careless little mistakes which is what did them in economically. It's fairly sad when you think of what they could have been.

    • @ryanthompson2893
      @ryanthompson2893 4 месяца назад +1

      @@hectornieves537At this point, there really isn’t any bouncing back. There is a fair bit of damage control that could be done to help slow the decline however. But the Japanese don’t really want to try to do any of this control. It’s almost like they have just decided it was too expensive and given up.

  • @jyo5764
    @jyo5764 5 лет назад +18

    this document was released in 1982 and if you look at the current china and US trade war/tech war/ currency war, it is exactly the same as what US did to Japan

    • @مزفرابرحم
      @مزفرابرحم 5 лет назад +6

      Yeah USA struggle against Japan in 1980's and now they repeat again with China

    • @belstar1128
      @belstar1128 2 года назад

      Yea but the difference is that japan did not have nukes and was considered an ally of America and japan was democratic china actually wants to fight America with weapons and they are a dictatorship so the leaders can just play dirty.

  • @yoloswaggins1579
    @yoloswaggins1579 5 лет назад +168

    Documentary about Japan and the first guy they talk to is making sexdolls.😆

    • @user-ht8pn6dv9j
      @user-ht8pn6dv9j 5 лет назад +3

      No; those dolls are created to support some hero team of five colours who always appears with a roll call. X)

    • @danielcarrillo1557
      @danielcarrillo1557 5 лет назад +3

      Eso se llama prioridades :v

    • @Big1_
      @Big1_ 5 лет назад +12

      sexdolls before Hentai was mainstream... Japan always ahead with social priorities.

    • @billul1
      @billul1 5 лет назад +8

      This is the 80's, hentai is already a thing sold in VHS and Betamax

  • @thinhpham4713
    @thinhpham4713 5 лет назад +10

    3:59 looks like the robot also doing exercise too

  • @PiggyWiggyO
    @PiggyWiggyO 2 года назад +4

    @11.43 " Japanese car workers earn more money than British car workers."
    That's understandable

  • @abumuhammad6923
    @abumuhammad6923 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks japan from Morocco

  • @jpguthrie6669
    @jpguthrie6669 5 лет назад +12

    Funny what became of the "miracle." Today in Japan wages are about the same as when this video was made. Unemployment is still 2%, but inflation is no longer in single digits, it is actually a bit negative. Much of what made Japan great at the time of this video was keeping its market closed to foreign competition, and manipulating the value of the yen. This gave Japan a captive market for its industries, as Japanese consumers could not afford imported goods. Though the documentary emphasizes that Japan is a large exporter, in truth domestic consumption made up some 60% of what Japanese companies made in those days.
    But, keeping its economy closed, and the LDP (the ruling party) using heavy agricultural tariffs to fund heavy subsidies to farmers in order to stay in power kept prices in Japan very high. In case you don't know, in Japan people do not get one vote per person in an election. Rural voters get up to 3.3 votes per person, and by buying off the rural vote with subsidies, the LDP has managed to control the country for most of the last 70 years.
    The result of all this is that food and other goods are very expensive in Japan, and Japanese have among the lowest disposable incomes of all developed nations. The result of this is that the Japanese can no longer afford to bear and raise children, and the population is now falling by hundreds of thousands per year, and will decline by around one-third by the middle of the century.
    Worse yet, the government continues to spend ever more each year, as though an economy with a striking population can still grow. Government debt today is more than 250% of GPD, and growing. The negative inflation rate aggravates the debt, because it adds value to it, making it even more difficult for the government to pay it down. At the moment, 26% of all government expenditures go toward debt servicing costs, yet the debt continues to pile up.

    • @pekkahollola7646
      @pekkahollola7646 5 лет назад

      Sounds very same situation like in Finland (North EU).

    • @aaiai8230
      @aaiai8230 5 лет назад +2

      I'm Japanese.
      What you said is exactly!
      I want Japanese to hear your analysis.
      who are you?
      why you know well?

    • @jpguthrie6669
      @jpguthrie6669 5 лет назад +6

      @@aaiai8230 I have lived in Japan for many years. I own a small company in Tokyo, and before that I worked in the financial sector in Otemachi. I have met and talked with a large number of Japanese businessmen, company executives, and politicians, and have learned a lot from them.
      I love living in Japan, and have done pretty well here, but the situation is not good. Though most Japanese have a good understanding of economics, and the concept of value, the government does not. Value is the return one gets from labor; nature and the market assign a natural value to all things. The government disregards the concept of value, thinking that policy, via manipulating interest rates and currency supply, they can control it or defy it. And despite a 100% record of failure from this process, they keep doing the same thing.
      Since 1995, when the consumption tax was first implemented, Japan has more or less been in a constant state of recession. 18 bouts of fiscal stimulus were enacted, none succeeded. Instead of learning from this perpetual failure, the government throws good money after bad, the BOJ is now printing money and using it to prop up the Japanese stock market. As of today, the BOJ is the majority shareholder in many of Japan's top companies, which is absurd.
      An economy has a natural value, when the market is distorted, and the value manipulated artificially, it eventually swings back to its natural value, but must first swing past the point of balance to the negative, which wipes off the artificial value which was added. We see this in action whenever there is recession or stock market crash.
      Japan has been battling with deflation for many years now. Why is the economy deflationary? Because prices are too high. Why are prices too high? Because taxes, tariffs, price fixing, and other practices make things more expensive than they should be. When prices are too high, people buy less. When people buy less, supply exceeds demand, when this happens, prices must go down. But instead of letting prices fall, the government continues to enact policies to keep prices high, such as increasing the consumption tax.
      Increasing the consumption tax causes people to buy less, because with prices already too high, the tax makes them even more expensive. So less goods are sold, companies make less money, therefore they cannot afford to earn a profit or raise wages. Since they don't earn a profit, they cannot expand, since they cannot raise wages, people can even less afford to buy more expensive things. A 3% increase in the tax results in more than a 3% decline in consumption, profits, private income, and spending, the end result is the government earns less tax revenue than before the tax was implemented, especially when you consider the vast amounts deficit spent in order to "stimulate" the economy more than negates wha tax revenue is gained by the increase.
      It is insanity, and eventually the house of cards which has taken the place of Japan's once strong economy is going to get knocked down.

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 5 лет назад

      @@jpguthrie6669 japam is the world's second largest surplus country with a huge foreign exchange reserve. They seem to be doing fine. They just need an increase in wages.

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 5 лет назад

      Why do the Japanese have such low disposable income if they are so rich

  • @codelessunlimited7701
    @codelessunlimited7701 2 года назад +4

    In terms of well built and reliability products, the Japanese are ahead of times.

  • @pqrstzxerty1296
    @pqrstzxerty1296 4 года назад +3

    21:00 We had to do this at the start of every shift when I worked at Amazon UK.

    • @YouTubeSupportTeams
      @YouTubeSupportTeams 2 года назад

      LOL Amazon is trash, i would NEVER be singing for Amazon, who do they think they are?? A Church????????? Low paid Agency workers with no employee rights and timed toilet breaks. Amazon can fuck off lol

  • @MeatyController
    @MeatyController 3 года назад +4

    It makes me pull my hair out how western society loves to showcase the high standards and success of other cultures but actively neglects to uphold any sort of standards that are at odds with their own lazy culture.

  • @eddien01
    @eddien01 4 года назад +11

    I was expecting a Benny Hill episode to start when I saw the intro

  • @MrWalker1000
    @MrWalker1000 4 года назад +7

    “Do you see the gap with the west closing and catching up? “ no "I see the gap increasing with the west"

  • @jpguthrie6669
    @jpguthrie6669 5 лет назад +10

    "Exchanging visiting cards, and awkward and time-consuming process." And that is not all. The process of being met at the door, of being escorted to the office, the card exchange, the pleasantries, and the eventual business discussion. Then there is the drinks and meal after leaving the office, where more business is discussed, then the part where the client leaves, which is another awkward an time consuming process. Then you have to get down to the business itself, in which the lower and middle company people have no say, so everything must be kicked up the chain of command where the higher-ups will yay or nay, and send it back down to the lower and middle people. If it's a yay, another meeting is made, the paperwork is laid out, and sealed, which is an incredibly awkward and time-consuming process, and why, in 2019, Japan's businesses and economy are in decline. In an era where quick decisions and efficiency are life and death matters, Japan is slow to adapt.

  • @NMad-kp2bu
    @NMad-kp2bu 2 года назад +2

    I like using Japanese made products. Their products were ambassadors of their country. Same goes to Made in German products. Some of the hand tools I use were made in W. Germany, looks worn out but still works perfectly fine. Quality

  • @optimisticfuture6808
    @optimisticfuture6808 5 лет назад +16

    It’s amazing the parallels to China today.

    • @fritzkuhne2055
      @fritzkuhne2055 5 лет назад +5

      nah its different. chinese put no honor in their work

    • @simetric6551
      @simetric6551 5 лет назад

      @@fritzkuhne2055 what do you mean with "put no honor"

    • @dinil5566
      @dinil5566 5 лет назад +4

      @@fritzkuhne2055 says the one who 100% use a made in laptop/mobile.
      I bet atleast 50% of the things at your house is made in China.

    • @optimisticfuture6808
      @optimisticfuture6808 5 лет назад

      So simply what I mean is I remember the early 80’s and the fear was the Japanese would own america and the world. The parallel is China today.

    • @fritzkuhne2055
      @fritzkuhne2055 5 лет назад +2

      @@optimisticfuture6808 watch the documentary "princes of the yen". then you know what happened after japan was too successfull for its own good

  • @GT380man
    @GT380man 3 года назад +4

    I own two1977 Suzuki motorcycles, a GT380B & also a GT750A.:
    They’re as perfect now as when they left the Hamamatsu factory.

    • @ajadrew
      @ajadrew 3 года назад

      I had a Yamaha RD250A - loved it!

    • @garywinterbottom6073
      @garywinterbottom6073 3 года назад

      I had an lc rd Yamaha and two Kawasaki 2 strokes all reliable and so fast.😁

    • @YouTubeSupportTeams
      @YouTubeSupportTeams 2 года назад

      A maintained Japanese machine will last forever.

  • @HarshadJoshi
    @HarshadJoshi 5 лет назад +6

    Watching this on 1st Jan 2020

  • @chubeye1187
    @chubeye1187 5 лет назад +16

    This documentary, says more about the British than the Japanese

  • @pembakarhutan1202
    @pembakarhutan1202 3 года назад +3

    Japan back then look so similar now, their economic growth really shrunk

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 3 года назад +1

      They're still an incredibly rich country, which you discover the moment you arrive there.

  • @masteryoda498
    @masteryoda498 2 года назад +2

    One thing I will say about Japan is that they make the best cars in the world, Toyotas rock!

    • @Gaeadragon
      @Gaeadragon 7 месяцев назад +1

      Ha! Hondas are better!

    • @masteryoda498
      @masteryoda498 7 месяцев назад

      @@Gaeadragon
      Yes and no, Honda do make some great cars, but overall Toyotas are more reliable.

  • @LordGryllwotth
    @LordGryllwotth 5 лет назад +15

    Is it that guy in the start who makes a robot of himself?
    Hiroshi Ishiguro Is the name of the guy who makes a robot with his face.

    • @igorjee
      @igorjee 5 лет назад +1

      They said Shunichi Mizuno, so no.

    • @uioplkhj
      @uioplkhj 5 лет назад

      Hiroshi Ishiguro is 56 years old. This video was filmed 37 years ago. Go figure.

    • @ayoutubechannelname
      @ayoutubechannelname 5 лет назад +1

      No. It's his doppelganger.

    • @skellurip
      @skellurip 4 года назад

      yes it's him, he changed his name to hide the fact that he already completely merged with machine

  • @higherpower7176
    @higherpower7176 3 месяца назад

    Japans strength is creativeness and discipline

  • @Tuppoo94
    @Tuppoo94 5 лет назад +19

    And about 10 years later the economy would be in a recession, from which it has never really recovered.

    • @harmlessdrudge
      @harmlessdrudge 5 лет назад +7

      Everyone believed that they were going to overtake America before the Lost Decade of the 90s.

    • @allgoo1964
      @allgoo1964 5 лет назад +2

      @Marcus-Aerilius Maximus says:
      "This is due to the trade agreement with usa doneduring that time. Who knows how far japan would have reqched...."
      ==
      !980s bubble. and many more reasons.
      Basically, Japan dug its own grave.
      They still don't know why it happened and why it still hasn't gone away.
      If they did, it would have been start recovering long ago.
      Quantitative easing, my ass.
      It hasn't worked anywhere.

    • @allgoo1964
      @allgoo1964 5 лет назад +2

      @Marcus-Aerilius Maximus says:
      "well, japanese are smart ppl so they should have figured something out by now..."
      ==
      What are they waiting for then?

    • @allgoo1964
      @allgoo1964 5 лет назад

      @Marcus-Aerilius Maximus says:
      "Pretty sure there are things us plebs dont know about."
      ==
      By just waiting and let the people suffer from recession meanwhile?
      You seem to have unlimited trust towards the government.
      You don't know any government which betrayed the people in favor of handful of wealthy individuals?

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 5 лет назад +2

      @@le2380 no no, you don't understand not having infinite growth isn't good the certain echoes

  • @itsokrocklee8252
    @itsokrocklee8252 5 лет назад +7

    37 years on..

  • @adammiller6747
    @adammiller6747 9 месяцев назад

    I appreciative of this sharing. I am in love with this far away Beauty.❤🎉

  • @darren2514fv
    @darren2514fv Год назад

    Bryan Gould later returned to his native New Zealand and is now a board member of TVNZ

  • @Jesuis-qe8ql
    @Jesuis-qe8ql 4 года назад +2

    9:26 are you speaking english or japanese 🤔🤔🤔

  • @curtiscarpenter9881
    @curtiscarpenter9881 5 лет назад +5

    Japan is a great industrious nation, we can learn a lot from them. I hope the UK can collaborate and trade with the UK.

  • @MrWalker1000
    @MrWalker1000 4 года назад +4

    70 percent of the world's robots is insane

    • @time2kickarse
      @time2kickarse 2 года назад

      And 1% of humanity are power hungry murderers and pedophiles.
      Just ask Klaus Schwab.

  • @HonkyReduction-b2g
    @HonkyReduction-b2g 5 месяцев назад +1

    Yes, I love products made in Japan. Made in Japan means great reliability, quality and durability. But a Japanese product made in China is just as good because the Japanese company officials are there to make sure the quality standards are up to their specifications. I'm okay with having a Sony or Panasonic product made in China. It just means the costs of labour are cheaper but the quality is not sacrificed.

  • @sajid1979
    @sajid1979 5 лет назад +8

    Those kids must be in their early 40’s now. Japan 🇯🇵 were way ahead of U.K. back then.
    Had watched this 90s documentary.
    Japanese firms come over in the 90s to show the British car manufacturers, how its done. The British replied, why are you helping us 🤔.
    They said “we’re already 10 years ahead you”. They had production techniques for lean manufacturing, such as Kaizen, Kan Ban, JIT.
    Thatcherism, destroyed the manufacturing industries.

    • @terragaia7092
      @terragaia7092 5 лет назад

      Good observation on the Japanese system in manufacturing plants. Excuse me but it seems I couldn't get the reason why Japan helped the British. To be able to buy their robots from Japan?

    • @sajid1979
      @sajid1979 5 лет назад

      Terra Gaia i think maybe they wanted to form a joint venture, You seen HONDA and Rover partner up in the 90s.

  • @rock3tcatU233
    @rock3tcatU233 3 года назад

    The Mazak guy dismantled all the counter arguments in seconds.

  • @Tatsuji_Tatchan
    @Tatsuji_Tatchan 2 года назад +3

    34:53 "only one in twelve Tokyo households has a flush toilet" ... Really? Was this true? I really doubt this. Dormitories would have had shared bathrooms for their residents who just rent or are provided individual rooms, but one in twelve households seems mistaken.
    Anyway, we're doing just fine in Japan. Our growth stopped long ago, but we still enjoy a decent economy and reasonable wealth for the majority of the population. I don't personally know anyone or know of anyone who is unemployed. Yes, we've been stagnant and now inflation in the rest of the world (and especially the recent very weak yen!) has meant Japan is now quite cheap by world standards, but we kind of stagnated in a good place. Any country has its problems, but I gladly take our problems over those I see currently in many western nations and certainly over those in China.

  • @Jesuis-qe8ql
    @Jesuis-qe8ql 4 года назад +7

    4:13, 4:23, 13:20, 13:26 The person speaking English and Japanese answers without any problem but in Japanese.

    • @jeremybarcelo6486
      @jeremybarcelo6486 3 года назад +1

      It’s called editing. They can take video and cut it down to just the really important parts and then polish it and present it to the masses.

  • @Sir_SL33P
    @Sir_SL33P 10 месяцев назад +1

    9:15 they never knew that a Recession was on it's way 😢 and 10 years after this they lost it

    • @Gaeadragon
      @Gaeadragon 7 месяцев назад

      And the saddest part is they've never recovered and actually their future is looking bleak...

  • @skellurip
    @skellurip 4 года назад +15

    japan in the 80s, full dreams hopes and positivity
    *10 years later*
    CRISIS IN THE NINETIES

    • @kylereese5869
      @kylereese5869 4 года назад +4

      But still until the Early to Mid 90s the Japanese literally made the best stuff.

  • @Poodleinacan
    @Poodleinacan 5 лет назад +4

    36:50 If only they could predict how Japanese robots would become...

  • @hattamimie
    @hattamimie 11 месяцев назад +1

    Proton and Perodua, product car brand from Malaysia get technology from japan (Mitsubishi and daihatsu) and seling distributed to global by UK

  • @Saidoromo2024
    @Saidoromo2024 5 лет назад +7

    Great job Japanese 😅👍

  • @3000ararat
    @3000ararat 5 лет назад +1

    Very nice 👍 great job and great people thank you everyone

  • @riskymahendra1322
    @riskymahendra1322 5 лет назад +2

    Please add subtitle

    • @tomlucky6836
      @tomlucky6836 5 лет назад

      是的,我也是只能听懂一半,希望加上字幕,我是中国底层公民,完全是靠看英语电影学的一点点英语

  • @muhammadansarahmed6039
    @muhammadansarahmed6039 5 лет назад +4

    The next decade was a "lost decade" for japanese. Today japan has the highest debt to gdp ratio n that is above 200 percent. Growth fuelled by financialization (borrowings) a neo-liberal strategy has resulted in accruing of trillions of dollars in debt in countries all over the world.

  • @ZsXie10
    @ZsXie10 5 лет назад +10

    year 2019:
    Japan Gov't is facing 300%+ debt problem.

  • @HaKim-gs2zb
    @HaKim-gs2zb 7 лет назад +10

    The cram school teacher has such beautiful handwriting.

  • @Kurd_community
    @Kurd_community Месяц назад +1

    Where is the iphone?

  • @freddymarcel-marcum6831
    @freddymarcel-marcum6831 5 лет назад +4

    At 9:53 in America we call them the best students in school 😎

  • @UniMindPerson
    @UniMindPerson 5 лет назад +3

    I live in Russia, not in Moscow...

  • @djallalnamri1
    @djallalnamri1 4 года назад +2

    one dollar to 107.17 yen
    what does that mean: that Americans can buy
    a heap of
    Japanese cars, motorbikes, and TVs
    while the Japanese will save more and wait longer to afford these same products ???

  • @natyaprabowo2141
    @natyaprabowo2141 5 лет назад +22

    It is how present-day see China

    • @derschrau8er
      @derschrau8er 5 лет назад +11

      The difference is night and day.

    • @tomservo5007
      @tomservo5007 4 года назад

      have you seen video (not from CCP news) of people working on assembly lines ? They don't look content .. and when they talk about hours per day and their pay .. I feel sorry for them. There's a huge economic problem brewing in China.

  • @andyusfca
    @andyusfca Год назад +1

    23:30 that gentleman said he is worried about intelligent robots replace workers.....we are still worrying about itt today!

    • @Gaeadragon
      @Gaeadragon 7 месяцев назад

      Because it's been happening and it's accelerating

  • @captainofindustry6625
    @captainofindustry6625 5 лет назад +21

    Boy those Nissan Maxima looks delicious too bad renault bought them

    • @sutherlandA1
      @sutherlandA1 5 лет назад +8

      I think they're Cedrics

    • @blakaeg
      @blakaeg 5 лет назад

      Its not bad at all that Nissan and Renault merged. Its created an innovate range of cars across the board! Look at the bigger picture.

    • @9inchpp
      @9inchpp 5 лет назад +1

      @@blakaeg Not for long it wont.

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 5 лет назад +1

      @@blakaeg press X to doubt

    • @naturalthing1
      @naturalthing1 5 лет назад +2

      Those were the Cedric's built in Tochigi. There was also an identical model with another name called the Gloria that was built in Musashimurayama, Tokyo.

  • @hattamimie
    @hattamimie 11 месяцев назад +1

    Malaysia, Brunei, HK, andaman (India), Singapore and Myanmar learn from UK and Japan in occupation both this countries then ago

  • @tomcatsherman6360
    @tomcatsherman6360 5 лет назад +10

    0:53 corvette c3

  • @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz
    @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz 4 года назад

    They cut huge chunks out of this. Good job Thames. The constant ads every three minutes were a nice touch too. I guess if I'm not going to watch one ad, putting in 11 identical ads for the same thing I have zero interest in will somehow be a productive approach.

  • @adamoliver4094
    @adamoliver4094 5 месяцев назад

    I can see why people were terrified of Japanese competition in the 1980s.

  • @geeshower
    @geeshower 5 месяцев назад +1

    もうこんな職人さんはいないし
    律儀に時間守る風習も残ってない
    日本はこの頃が全盛期だったと感じるわ

  • @DavidHuber63
    @DavidHuber63 3 дня назад

    I bow two times for Sister 💜✌🏼🌐

  • @taffythegreat1986
    @taffythegreat1986 5 лет назад +1

    Why do they have a watchman with a torch to patrol the factory floor. When they can switch on the lights? Surely they can afford the electricity bill

  • @Nudnik1
    @Nudnik1 2 года назад +3

    Awesome quality products!
    Love Japanese products.

  • @rudywooders9602
    @rudywooders9602 5 лет назад

    what that yamazaki automatic factory produced?

    • @StonesAndSand
      @StonesAndSand 4 года назад

      They produce machine tools that make more products...that essentially perpetuates this entire process.

  • @ucheucheuche
    @ucheucheuche 2 года назад

    8:59 🤣🤣 The kids who jumps-down twice!

  • @aabb-zz9uw
    @aabb-zz9uw 5 лет назад +2

    Japan has now lost all export competitiveness and is now a domestic services economy.

    • @supernova7966
      @supernova7966 5 лет назад

      Yeah just like china and South korea

  • @Christopher-N
    @Christopher-N 6 лет назад +15

    *♫* I'm just a robot and I know my place,
    A metal servant to the human race.
    I work my can off trying to satisfy,
    I know they'll disconnect me by and by.
    Chip on my shoulder made of silicon,
    My printed circuit's like a lexicon.
    Ten billion logic functions, maybe more,
    They make me pick the paper off the floor. *♫*

    • @Christopher-N
      @Christopher-N 6 лет назад +2

      As this is a snippet of the _Marvin_ song, it is commented as a lighthearted reference to the new robots, especially about cleaning up paper. It in no way implies people are like robots - even the lyrics make this distinction very clear.