Global Journal of Human Social Science, C: Sociology and Culture, Volume 21 Issue 5

Volume XXI Issue V Version I 36 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2021 C © 2021 Global Journals Total War System and Youth Culture in East Asia Looking at 20th Century Culture from the Changes of Mobilization Mode and the relative decline of the United States, and the intense domestic discrimination against China and Chinese people in the United States over the past few years, may be important reasons. But we cannot ignore the mentality of young people behind it not paying attention to social problems. Because they are in the United States, they all know what is going on in China. For example, the human rights issues of Xinjiang Uyghurs, Hong Kong's national security maintenance law, and China's ubiquitous surveillance system, all kinds of speech oppression and other issues. But they don't think this is a big problem, so they want to go back to China. 13 But there are also positive possibilities different from the above. I have a question about the above situation. Although the government and the media mobilize the citizens every day, and fake news also breaks the citizens every day, do citizens of every country really welcome this situation? When I was in class at universities in Japan and China, I asked students what they thought of the dispute. At the beginning of the question, "Which country does the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands) belong to? Do you support the government's statement?" Almost all students answered that these islands belonged to their own country, supporting the government's statement. But continue to ask, "Do you think all the citizens of the other country support their government's statement?" "Does it cost a lot of money to send a military plane or warship? Do you think it is necessary?" Their answers were obviously different, saying, "I don't trust the citizens of the other country all support their government's statement." "There is no need to spend so much money on this issue." Finally, I asked "How do we treat this It should be noted that some of them participate in social activities such as poverty relief campaigns in China. Although they have not completely lost their attention to society, it must be said that many young people avoid looking directly at the problems of China's domestic society, but instead feel that the Chinese government is doing well. Most of them are children of middle-class and above families. They can find a good job when they return to China. Looking at their own future, they feel that it is better to return to China. In other words, the cultural mobilization of young people with each other leads to a result close to nationalism. 13 A Chinese student responded to an interview and said, "Because of his interest in American animation and comics, he went to study in the United States. He envied the freedom of speech and democracy there. But now he is disappointed in the United States." When he was asked about the domestic speech oppression in China, he answered, "Is it necessary to answer this question. But I don’t think it has a big impact on ordinary people. The Americans criticized China for not having democracy and freedom of speech, but this is not the case. Everyone lives an ordinary life." ("NHK Close up Gendai （クローズアップ現代） " broadcast on July 1, 2021) question?" Most students answered "Don't be nervous each other, talk to each other. We should also do something for this." Of course, there are various opinions on the position of the government and the media. Looking at the answers above, to say the least, regardless of their political stance, most people are unwilling to be nervous. In this regard, the wishes of many people may be the same. If this is the case, we do not need to follow the government and the media, we can instead unite across the border. Anyway, the time we live now is not an era in which citizens are always mobilized. While we are being mobilized, we can become mobilizers. With the development of technologies such as the Internet and social networks, citizens have acquired tools that can mobilize the public. The transnational joint activities in the youth culture described above prove that we can mobilize each other. Moreover, through the movement of Japanese SEALDs 14 1. Eishin Ueno （上野英信） : Long Live His Majesty: Preface to the Three Bomb Warriors , Yosensha Modern Classics Shinsho, 2007 （『天皇陛下万歳：爆弾三勇士序説』洋泉社 MC 新 書、 2007 年） , the anti-Japanese demonstrations in China, the American occupation of Wall Street, and the color revolutions in the Middle East, we have already known that the changes in the relationship of "mobilize-be mobilized" indicate specific possibilities. Looking at the current situation, it seems that the governments of each country cannot withdraw their own ideas and cannot regress each other. But if citizens unite with each other to form a transnational "not nervous" public opinion, it may open a way for the government and the media to regress and talk to each other. This may seem like a dream. However, we already know that although it is only superficial things, young people have achieved close cultural exchanges across borders. Although its content is not positive, they already have a common mood. Furthermore, it seems that they have formed a common cultural circle, and there is no friction between them. When we think about whether and how today's culture can promote reality, youth culture may provide us with a new frame of reference. Can this say a piece of hope? R eferences R éférences R eferencias Book 14 SEALDs (Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s). A student-centered political group established against the "Specified Secret Protection Low" and the "Japan-US New Security Regislation". Activities started in May 2015. For a while, more than 15,000 young, old, men and women were mobilized to march around the National Diet Building, publish videos, and make political declarations and other activities. It disbanded in August 2016.