Of course not. Both started some of the worst bloodiest conflicts in their regions.
>>534895437Perhaps if they actually had a slice of the pie, they wouldn't have to invade others? The problem is that they're great cultures with not-so-great territories.
>>534895437Srusski cries and whines as he strikes you
>>534895550Japan actually had most of those territories and still went on to wage war for more. No, neither of those Empires should have ever existed or be allowed to ever exist again.
>>534895325Japan can finger Germany's butthole as Germany cums :3
>>534895325Japan should of followed the army instead of the navy, attacking the US was retarded as fuck. They should of just got their shit together by 1850 and annexed Hawaii
>>534895325No
>>534895727Because Manchuria lacked oil! They had no choice but to invade Malaysia, which triggered war with Britain and the United States. In a post-oil economy, this wouldn't be an issue.
>>534895880They did not have to start a war. They do not have any oil now and are doing just fine. You don't see Japan invading Middle East for oil.
>>534895325slow down, speedy gonzaleslet's start with a military for japanand free speech for germanythen we can think about empires
>>534895964Sure, but at the cost of their sovereignty. They are 100% dependent on the US to keep shipping lanes open. Gaining territory is about achieving strategic autonomy.
>>534895325Will only happen if they import more Indians, Saar.
>>534895325no one "allows" a nation to have an empire other than the nation itself and its ability to forge one.
>>534895325Who exactly are they going to be an "empire" of? Do you think Poland and China/Korea are just going to submit to them?
>>534896052Nobody can have absolute sovereignty. All countries are dependent on each other's markets to various degrees That's not an excuse to go around conquering what you want.
>>534896349If they can be integrated and assimilated as equal citizens, then yes. The material advantages of joining a higher culture would be huge.
>>534896374It's not about absolute sovereignty. It's about strategic autonomy. Durable nations can't be easily coerced by others. That's real freedom to govern yourself as you please without fear of retaliation from others.
>>534896541Strategic autonomy cannot come at others' expense.
>>534896609It can if the great powers allow it. If Britain would have made peace with Germany in 1940, they would have easily won the war and gain an empire in the East. If America didn't impose an oil embargo on Japan in 1941, the Japanese would have still held their empire to this day.
>>534895325they can continue to sign defence agreements with us and we can share what's left of our empire with them.
>>534896748>if countries existed in a vacuum they would have not lost the wars they lostDuh
>>534895550Well, germany don't have their own culture. They are italised franco-slavs who happened to get the best lands in western europe which allowed their population to grow. There's really nothing more to it
>>534895325GERMANIA SHOULD RULE THE GALAXY
Era of land grabs and territorial expansion is over. All the territory is settled. The new thing is globohomo supranational structures like the EU. Russia land grabs and territorially expands, but that’s because Russia is in the 18th century and can’t entice other countries to play on Team Russia through the economy it doesn’t have.
>>534896973Neither does Japan. Its just copypasted Chinese culture later westernized.
>>534896973>who happened to get the best lands in western europeFrance has better land with direct access to the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
>>534896973>Pooland talks about culturePolacks are just jews without money
>>534895325yes. slav opinions discarded
>>534895325>modest>half of europekekin my unbiased opinion, we should
