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Okay, let's move on to the next presentation. Uh, the eighth topic is left to the audience, let's start the Ropa Festival. Speakers, please come up to the stage.

Mr. Naito, please go ahead. [Applause] Uh, thank you very much. Right off the bat, is it Narara-chan? Um, sorry, I was thinking, let's talk about something, but I don't know if it's directly related to the limited edition, but if you ask me to go first, Makihara has dropped out. Uh, I should probably

say sorry, but from now on we'll just leave it as succession, but as for Mr. Makihara, I think it was about three or four years ago, someone from the Omiya Tax Reduction Association said he was an outrageous tax-raising guy, and what's more, he did n't answer questions from voters or anything else properly, he was very evasive,

and on top of that, he was the kind of person who would say crazy things like, "If you're going to say that, then why don't you run a political association yourself?" And as for us, the Gengen-ha Rakuten Movement, There are a lot of things to consider, and if I say this, I'll probably get yelled at by people like Mitsuru Kurayama,

but I think that a modern political party in Japan won't be created in my lifetime. No, no, it's impossible, ah, no, it can be done, do n't get the wrong idea, I mean, it would be good if it were created, of course, of course, I think it would be good if it were created, and that's the direction we should aim for,

but there's still too much of a distance between us, like

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asking a child who has just learned to wear clothes to teach calculus, yeah, yeah, yeah, there's a distance between us, so what do we have to do? Well, we have to change the candidates, so I think we have to reduce the number of people who say things like raise taxes or strengthen regulations, and do it in a

visible way, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, and for example, in the last election, it was right when the Koizumi plastic bag scandal came out, so if you say Koizumi, the people who oppose him will say, no, no, wasn't it Se-san who put out the plastic bags? I know that too I know Tsunona well, I know him,

but, so, last time, three years ago, we narrowed it down to three people: former Environment Minister Harada, Noma Hirota Ishihara Hirotaka, and Sato Yuno. And even back then, there was talk that Makihara was a terrible guy and we should take him down. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, that line, I'm not alone, I've been getting

help from various people, but since it's a guerrilla line, we ca n't disperse our forces too much, so first we have to prioritize and try to target people with ministerial experience, or rather, current ministers, and also those who are weak in elections. Since it's a guerrilla line, it would be stupid to blindly

charge into the regular army and get annihilated and die, right? For example, I want to take down Koizumi Junro, Koizumi Shinjiro, but the opposing candidate has absolutely no motivation, sorry, but he's from the Communist Party and he's some old guy whose name I don't even know. If Chan comes along, there's no way they can win, and that's absolutely

true. When I say things like that, people say, "You do it," but no, that's not right. So, when a candidate is presented with options by professionals, they choose from the menu. For example, if you go to a sushi restaurant and order an omelet, and it's a sushi restaurant's omelet and it's soft-boiled, that's not good, is it? Yeah, absolutely not. And if they tell you to make it, well, it's not "you

make it," it's "no, let's go home," and they want you to bring them an omelet that's properly cooked. So, politicians who say you should do politics, no, don't be ridiculous. If you go to a sushi restaurant and they bring you a soft-boiled egg, and when you make sushi with it, the yolk oozes out, wouldn't that be

awful? I mean, you want the eggs at a sushi restaurant to be properly cooked, right? I mean, I like onsen tamago (hot spring eggs), but that's a different story. Isn't it a bit much when an onsen tamago at a sushi restaurant is soft-boiled? Yeah, I understand. So, politicians are politicians, and they have to show

us properly what they're going to do and how they're going to do it. As a professional, you'd want them to do it properly, right? That's right, and I think it's important to replace the ones that don't work. So, you have to eliminate the ones that can be eliminated. You know, I know I'll probably get

yelled at for saying this, but there are people who say things like, "I'll approach this with a sense of tension." But what is tension? What is tension? No, no, you can say anything with your mouth. No, well, if you put it in one word, tension is fear, isn't it? It's fear. For example, a

craftsman has to work with tension because if he does it carelessly he could cut his hand or drop it and die. And the tension of a politician is that they have to eliminate the bad ones. So, you know, there are people who say things like, "I'd

like to approach this challenge with a sense of tension," but there's absolutely no tension there. I don't think there is. Because if you do it and fail, you're not going to be eliminated. I know I shouldn't say this, but you're not a North Korean politician. No, that's really what the professor said. So,

basically, in places like America, I'm not that knowledgeable about international politics, but in America, there are movements that voters will vote out if they break their promises to the electorate, and in a way, the promises are

not just empty words like "I promise this here" or some flimsy lie like in Japan, but there is a sense of tension that if you can't keep your promises, you will be forced to quit or vote out. And what's more, as I often say, I

think that in Japan, neither the Liberal Democratic Party nor the Tatsumi Party are, frankly speaking, acting like modern students. But that's Japanese political culture, so it's difficult to change it right away, but to put it preemptively, from what perspective is a modern political party defined? So, in Japan, the only ones that can be called modern students are

Komeito and the Communist Party. They have a certain sentiment or policy, and people gather to support it, and the party leadership is what you should know. Sending someone to that constituency, or having them grow up in that constituency, well, for example, you can't become a politician in Japan unless you do that, so I'm not saying it's bad,

but when it comes to elections, the politician gathers party members, and they say, "I've gathered this many party members, so I'll run in this constituency," but isn't that the other way around? They have to choose from the party members that have gathered, so essentially it's become a gathering of fan clubs, and that's because, well, it started with the Ritsumeikan Seiyuukai (Voice Actor Association), and in

Japan, political parties have grown up as coordinating bodies to allocate posts and so-called budgets to influential people in each region, so it's not a matter of good or bad, but that's how it's come to be, so suddenly having the party's considerations and policies and gathering under them is, well, I think the culture is just too different, I understand, I understand, I think you're right, so at

that time, I think it's important to change each individual separately, normally, tax increase faction They often say that they're going to implement regulations, but in that sense, if you think about it on a student-by-student basis, what do you think about this election?

Sorry Boba, I've been talking too much, Kano-san, no, no, no, well, I'm just going back to something related to what Kura-sensei just said, please forgive me, but when President Bush, the father, ran for office, he said to Lido

Maris, "Read my lips," and he said there would be no tax increases. And after he was elected, he came out as Legan's flag bearer, but Legan had cut taxes, and then he raised them. But everyone, the Republican Party is a party of tax cuts, I mean, they may have raised taxes, but please support them next time too, and it's

Maris's fault. And then, this is explained in detail in books translated by Watanabe-sensei and others, but there was a protest movement saying it was outrageous. んが、 I'm a

single man, so I'll tell you this, but everyone breaks their promises when they get married. Mostly, everyone says, "Yes, yes, yes, and then they commit fraud, no, no, no, the situation changes when it comes to marriage, well, I think that's likely, the situation changes when it comes to marriage, usually it doesn't go as planned, no, no, no,

but there are things you can do and things you can't, so even if the situation changes, how should I put it, if you say you'll do this and then don't, that's terrible, so, the story about Chichibu-shi that we're talking about now is quite famous, and I was speaking with that in mind, but, uh, he

says he'll never raise taxes, but then he says, "I'm not going to raise taxes at all," and then, uh, he says, "I guess I do need it after all," and that's just a change in priorities, you just need to change your priorities, everyone who's on stage here is saying something, but basically, if priorities are important, then

say so clearly, I think the voters will understand, so why does it suddenly become a tax increase there? There are really a lot of other things that aren't needed, probably, not probably, really I always say this, but I think almost all of it is unnecessary. So, tax increases and tax cuts are both means to an end. That's right, so in the

current situation, anyone looking at the economic situation would think that raising taxes is out of the question, but tax increases are a means to an end, so there are naturally situations where tax increases are necessary. So, I think it's questionable to always cut taxes like Mr. Mawashi, but in the current situation, there will be situations where tax increases are necessary. However, those who advocate for tax

increases have made raising taxes an end in itself. No, no, that's really true. Just a moment ago, when I was talking earlier, there was the reconstruction tax, right? Now it's been changed and what it will become will be something I think will change. I think the name will change. But the LDP's way is to not lower taxes,

but think about it for a moment. In 2011, something like that happened, and then in 2020, the coronavirus happened, and they say it's a major disaster, but, how should I put it, there are always unexpected major disasters happening. Is this what a decent politician would say? I really don't understand either of them. No, they're not decent.

For example, I don't know why, but recently Hayashi Kichijima's reputation has improved in some circles, and I think he probably has administrative skills, that's true, but as long as he's Chief Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Cabinet Secretary 's statements aren't just his personal statements, so they're official statements from the government, and I guess

that's fine, but I've been saying a lot of trash about Hayashi Kichijima, and I actually wanted to get him fired, but I thought that might be a bit difficult, so The reason why it's no good is because there's a famous anecdote about Yoshimasa Hayashi. There's an economist named Hidetomi Tanaka, and I think people will have their likes and dislikes of him, but

Professor Tanaka was having a conversation with him on the radio or something, and at that time, it was several years ago, so the economic situation was much worse than it is now, and it was a time when raising taxes was out of the question, and he said that raising taxes was impossible in this situation, and that we should be

cutting taxes instead. So he was saying something sensible, but what did Yoshimasa Hayashi say? He said, "If you say that, when can we raise taxes?" I mean, it's not about when we can raise taxes, but when it becomes necessary, and now is not that situation, is it? To which he replied, "If you say

that, we'll never be able to raise taxes." It's about which is the default. Politicians are always on the path of raising taxes, and the Ministry of Finance officials come every day with money to try and persuade us, so it's 100% certain that we'll end up with that, but they've made tax increases their default mode, and we are

voters, so basically they're doing it by default right now, they want us to, of course, but if a real crisis occurs, then of course we should all do the bare minimum, and since it's an emergency, we should do something, and there might even be a lockdown, and I understand that to some extent, but if they're always in that

mode, we can't really cooperate, because when are they going to raise taxes? And besides, tax revenues have been rising recently, haven't they? Yes, they've been rising, as I mentioned earlier, so tax revenues are rising, right? And this is, if I say it like this, economists might laugh at me, but basically, there are taxes, and it's like splitting the bill, isn't it? Everyone

splits the expenses, so everyone goes out drinking and splits the bill, and in the end, when they collect the money, there's some left over, so the organizer... If you just kept quiet and pocketed it, that would be fine, but no, there's this much left over, but it won't be enough for the next party, so give some to me, I thought, "Don't mess with me!" That's what I thought, but that's what the

government is like, yes, yes, yes, that's how it is. To be honest, even if they say that tax revenue has increased, everyone immediately starts talking about how it will soon be insufficient or something, and especially when it comes to tax cuts, the topic of funding always comes up, but while saying that, they themselves are perfectly

fine with talking about pouring money into some new reactionary force or something like that, and doing all that hype. In a word, it's fine, as is often said on the internet now, when they talk about funding, they say, "If you raise taxes, what will happen to our funding?" I see, yes, taxpayers' funding is

gone, isn't it? That's all there is to it. [Applause] Kaiyama, that 1 trillion yen tax, well, what is it, um, lapidus or something Speaking of putting money into something, I was in Hokkaido the other day, actually last month, and it's true that there's a lot of excitement in Chitose, but to be honest, this is something that any

economist would know as common sense, but the policies of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry have never been successful. Not even once in the past. They failed with LCDs, failed with Diram, failed with the 5th generation computer, and as far as I can remember, they've all failed. It's highly unlikely that this time it will be successful, so if they're going to

pour 1 trillion yen into something like that, wouldn't it be better to just cut taxes? Let them do whatever they want. It's not just the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, but there are very few cases where a government agency has taken the lead and succeeded, right? I mean, have you ever watched a movie recommended by the Ministry of Education and found it interesting?

That's it. And also, purely as an academic, let me say this for example. If by some chance Lapitas achieves amazing results and beats TSMC, then AI will be amazing, and something incredible will happen with fish AI, and then, what will it be, something that will surpass OpenAI, and then, what will it be, uh,

NVD will be unnecessary, I really, truly think that Japan will win big, so I won't deny it, but if that's the case, why don't you invest your own money? I'm sure it will come back to you 100 times over, but I'm sorry this is such a trivial thing, but my son is a gamer, he really hates

studying and plays games all day long, he's been doing it like crazy since he was little so I joined in and watched him for a bit and thought it was amazing, so I've known about a company called Evilia for a long time, not because I'm a gamer but because my son is crazy about it, so I

thought, wow, they can do something this amazing, so I held onto some of their stock, and of course it's now 200 times over, so really, if the officials really believe it, then your Please invest the money, really, if you do, they'll get rich and we'll get rich too, but they'll never do it, not even once. Bureaucrats have never taken

responsibility for something they were responsible for, and politicians should definitely stop doing that too, because when someone says " invest because it's profitable," isn't it wrong to tell others instead of saying it yourself? I mean, there's such a good deal, why don't they do it themselves? I just don't understand. So what I'm saying is contradictory from the start, and that's definitely true, so it's really very

close to a government scam, so we have to be careful, or rather, we can't be careful, but we have to tell the politicians who come up with such ideas to stop, otherwise they'll just get swept away, because bureaucrats are much better at talking, they have the knowledge, and they're experts at persuading people with their words, so

politicians will get swept away, so we have to remember that, um, well, really That's right. Officials use your money, other people's money, and invest it in other people's businesses, and they're in a position where they don't take responsibility whether it's profitable or not. And these people are using a lot of taxpayer money to implement industrial policies and

saying that it's going to be a great success, and the question is whether that's convincing. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry, um, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and the calculations we just saw, are full of failures, as Professor Kura mentioned earlier. One of those big failures was the automobile industry.

This was a big failure, but it was also a big success. I'm going to put it in a strange way, but a long time ago, there was a belief that Japan's automobile industry might be weak or even doomed, and there was talk of getting rid of all the automobile companies except Nissan and Toyota and

creating a state-owned company. There was talk of that, but Honda had just entered the automobile industry, so there was a huge opposition that it was outrageous. In the end, this failed, and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry was shouting, "No, no, if you do that, Japan's automated industry will be destroyed," but as you can see, automated

work is actually thriving now. The areas where the Ministry of International Trade and Industry failed, or rather, where they did nothing, are what are working out. There is also a government agency called the Brain Crystal, but Japan has a lot of resources, and its agriculture is great, and the seas around Japan are very rich, and its forestry industry also has a lot of

potential. It could become like Finland, or, well, this is something Professor Kura has also said, but if you talk about a great country in agriculture, then there is the Netherlands, which has become a great country. But it's not working out. This is because the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is saying things like the National Social Council, that Japan must become a

great country with a high self-sufficiency rate, and that's why it's not working out. Um, excuse me, but let me continue while I'm at it. I

like to talk about this too, but Soichiro Honda You know that legendary figure, Soichiro Honda, who has passed away, especially in the automotive industry, and now they're also doing jets with Dajet, but Soichiro Honda, of course, wanted to dominate the industry, or rather, he was even competing in F1, so he wanted to do that. But then the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) interfered and

told them, "You guys are no good, so become a state-owned company." They were absolutely furious, and there's a story that they went and complained, and there were people with that kind of backbone in the past. There were people like that, who stood up against the stupid, idiotic, ridiculous socialist policies of the calculating bureaucrats,

people with that kind of backbone, like Mr. Murakami of Yamato Transport, and there were many such people. They built the foundation of the wonderful Japan we have today. But now, unfortunately, that power is gradually weakening, and gradually, if you do n't do what the bureaucrats say, you don't know where you'll be harassed, and in

every industry, like Mr. Lapitas I mentioned earlier, I wonder who the leader is. I don't know, but if you're good at getting money from those officials, you ca n't really run a business. I'm sorry to be rude, but if you asked me personally if I would put money in, I would say no, to be

honest. No, I really want to ask the officials, please put all your money into La Pila, and then I might believe in it just a little bit. Absolutely. They run away to a position where they don't take responsibility, so those kinds of people end up using our money. This is from Friedman's 4/4 theory, which I like, about whose

money is used by whom. Dividing it into two, two, two, there are four ways of doing things: other people's money or your own money, using it for others or yourself. The most messed up is using other people's money. In short, using it for the benefit of others doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, because whether there's a

profit or not, in the end, officials will probably be dead by then, or they might have quit, I don't know, but it's the most decent way. The only way to use it is to spend your own money on yourself, no matter how you look at it. That's why tax cuts are good. Yes, that's why

tax cuts are good. This tax cut action... this kind of thinking... sometimes, you might say that Japan is behind the times, or that with that kind of mentality, there are people who think that it's outrageous to stand up to the country or have any kind of mindset. I think there are people like that

sometimes, because I'm from Toyama Prefecture, I understand. There are people like that. So, they think, "Just believe what Oku is saying," and if you disagree, they think, "You're a crazy person." There are these kinds of crazy national conservatives, and I think that you've all felt that kind of vibe from someone. And what I

want to say is, that's not it. It's best for you to use it for yourself. For the development of this country and for the children of the future, the best thing is to use it for yourself. That's why tax cuts are the best. Basically, you want to become richer. Is n't it a natural feeling to

want to eat better food than humans, live a better life, and become wealthy? It should be natural, but for some reason, I think Ms. Kayano will talk about this topic, but in Japan, there are a lot of people who talk about the philosophy behind products, or how poor people are, or how they boast about their misfortunes, right? Like you shouldn't make

money, but that's a really strange thing to say. No, it's okay to make money. It's not about how you make money or how you shouldn't cause trouble for others, of course, but if you work hard and become wealthy yourself, and in order to do that, do n't drag others down, and everyone should be

free to do what they want, because "enrich the country and strengthen the military" means that you have a wealthy country and a strong military. If the country becomes poor and you squeeze the residents dry and only have an army, isn't that North Korea? Do you want to become North Korea? I'm sorry, there might

be a few people out of 100 million who want to become North Korea, there might be people who admire North Korea, but most people don't want to become North Korea. If there isn't any, then we won't go and get it. And then there's this desire to become rich, and it's like that's something bad, and

this kind of conditioning is really scary, and even when I was a child, I was told that Japan has become rich but its spirit has become poor, and that's a common thing, isn't it? And when you go to developing countries, you see African children, and they're always sparkling and bright, but those guys have never been to the

slums of Africa, have they? They're not sparkling, they're glaring, and they're always trying to grab something, and I've never seen anyone who's sparkling, have I? Well, I have been to the slums, and they're glaring, but they're not sparkling and bright, they're playing, innocent and wonderful, and I really think you should try living there once, and that's where the criticism of the product's ideology comes in, and it's like, when you go to some

poor region of Africa, you often see things like this, and you wonder if we've lost something truly important, and yeah, it's fine to think that, but but ね English: So the person who wrote that climate article appeared on some TV station's TV and said in what looked like an air-conditioned room that Japan has become very poor, and that people's hearts have become poor. And then they

went on a trip to the next place. But wait a minute, why don't you yourself live in that wonderful place? It's the same as before. Why don't you do it yourself? Nobody is denying it. De- growth, de-growth. The person who keeps saying you shouldn't be on Twitter is the one who writes about self-study on Twitter.

De-growth, de-growth. This is bad, isn't it? This is some kind of strange, inverse appeal, trying to show how moral he is and how wonderful his product is. So basically it's Ma. When I say Ma, I do n't mean it in a dirty way, but actually Ma originally comes from the masochistic injury. There was this

writer, Masochist, from Austria, and he wrote a novel called "Venus with a Wound," which is considered the beginning of masochistic literature, and that's where it all started. Sade is Marquis de Sade, and so is Masochism. So what does it all mean? I actually heard this from someone in that field a long time ago.

Personally, when it comes to S&M, I understand the feeling of getting off by punching someone, but I never understood the feeling of being hit. So they said, " That's just violence, but Masochism is a dependency on the person who inflicts pain on you." In short, you become completely dependent on the person who is giving you pain, losing your sense of self and becoming

dependent, so you develop a relationship of trust where you can be hurt more and more. For example, if you've worked hard and paid your taxes and are poor, you get drunk on the feeling of suffering and become dependent on inflicting pain on others. So, it's not that strange, but in short, Japanese taxpayers, the kind of

people who think that tax increases are important... Actually, he's a very demonic person, so I don't mean it in a strange metaphorical sense, but essentially that's what masochism is. Those people completely use the country, don't they? They become completely dependent on the country, and they embody it, and in order to do so, they mistakenly

believe that wanting what they want, enduring hardship, and suffering will be for the other person's benefit or what the other person intends. In the case of Venus with the Wounds, in the end she becomes independent from the person who inflicts the pain on her, and in that way she regains her ego, and it's no longer masochism,

but in the end, that demonic family is really prevalent in Japanese society, so it's really hard to get rid of something that's so deeply ingrained, but no, that's fine, it's okay if you want to be whipped by a demon and feel good, but I don't want to be whipped. No, no, no, I understand that

this dependence is related to the selective nature of masochism, or some kind of state of mind, and that's definitely dependence. It's like a sweet, pampered feeling, like a Japanese sweetness, but it's fine to be before, or it's like addiction, but so why, you know, it's better to express it, right? Yeah, I think so too, but the thing is, the

people who object are basically demonic people, ahaha, so that's what masochism is, so in that sense, I'm thinking of doing some serious research on masochism, like the mental structure of mama-masochism, well, anyway, but it's fine if those demonic people writhe around on their own, but we don't like it, so yeah, so we have to

say that we don't like it, it's fine if there are people like that, but we have to make it clear that there are just as many people who aren't like that, no, no, it's not just the same number, masochists are a super minority, so I'm kind of scared, it's kind of scary, it's just a tiny number of

people, their voices are loud, I feel like it's just naturally the case that people think that's better, no, so it's like the philosophy of a product, yeah It's like, it's something within us, but for example, it's not a fundamental thing, but I think it's somewhere in the human psyche. I think so, but I don't deny it, but the idea that being

poor is wonderful is because the overall share is limited, and I only have this much, and I'm not participating in the competition for everyone's share, and so I feel like I'm very distinguished. I think that's the kind of thinking that's there, but originally, I think there's a feeling like that, but how should I put it, even in a

capitalist society, the reason you make money is basically because you make things that make consumers happy, and consumers are happy to buy them, so you make money. The idea that making money is bad is, in the first place, a major, late modern society or something like that. No, but I think it's still quite deeply rooted. Like the

sparkling children in Africa we were talking about earlier, and also, during the sake time, the three major reforms of the Edo period were all austerity and tax increases. No, no They do n't appreciate Hideo Ohara, but they praise austerity and tax increases. This kind of ingrained thinking is really something. Well, yes, those historians, I'm

sorry to say this, but I think it's amazing that they read primary sources, but their basic understanding is like that of a sixth grader. In short, there are many people who are so obedient that they just accept it when told in school that this is how it is. It's like the philosophy behind a product. For

example, they might remember thinking how terrible hyperinflation was when it sucked money away and caused the country's economy to collapse. But historians are n't usually interested in that kind of thing. Instead, they're drawn to the philosophy behind the product, the moral stories, and they emphasize and teach us only those things. Is it them,

or is it us? I don't think it's in our hearts, but it is. So, if you bring that up, morally, all three of them are not particularly moral people. It's always like that, so those kinds of people should just speak the truth. No, I'm being a bit neutral, and to be honest, government officials and such, so there are

people who have a mentality similar to the philosophy of the product I just mentioned, and I personally know some of them, so I do n't really mean to badmouth them. In short, when you meet them normally, they're nice people, and there are a lot of people like that, but as a group, those kinds of people try to force their idea of what's

good, like what they felt when they were in sixth grade of elementary school, onto others, and that's where the first beginning of our poverty lies. There's a real power to force it on you, politics. Even if we don't like it, I'm a bit of a masochist, so they say, "Come along," and drag us along by

force and then hit us, and it's like, if you don't like it, you don't like it, right? But you can't say that. They don't say things like, "Let's share the pain together." Ah, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, I guess that's it. When you share pain, pain is what you really need to share. It's because a

strong sense of group identity emerges, so I think that's part of it. When you share black, there's a feeling that it's good, so I think there's probably something to that. But no, I think you have to become wealthy first, so I think it's better to win together. I like being number one, but I'd rather not be beaten together with

everyone. By the way, I just remembered the philosophy behind the product, for example, Bhutan was popular for a while because the national language of Bhutan is cool, but just try saying Bhutan. The kids are high on drugs, and they say there's no future, so everyone is running away. To be honest, there's absolutely no

future. But for some reason, from about 20 years ago until about 10 years ago, the Japanese media was saying Bhutan is the happiest country, the number one country, with sparkling eyes, but it's not sparkling at all. Why is a country that everyone is running away from sparkling? In short, it's almost like propaganda, so I

really want you to be careful about that too. Speaking of that topic, everyone talks about happiness, and Prime Minister Ishii also talks about happiness levels, but everyone has their own definition of happiness. For the government to say, "This is happiness, go ahead," is quite unsettling. And actually, as we discussed earlier regarding loneliness, if you

look closely at statistics on how much people trust others and how many friends they have, and compare them internationally, you'll find that wealthier countries have more of these things. People trust each other and have richer hearts. If you look at the data, it's clear that people in wealthier countries have richer hearts. Of course, they're more likely to

help each other than people who are struggling to find work and wondering what they'll do tomorrow. So capitalist countries have richer hearts. And those who say that the past was great are generally people who want to lead Japan in the direction of Bhutan or North Korea. There's no doubt about it, that's exactly it. It came out during the

executive time, did n't it? That's right, that's it in the end. So we have to resist those who try to cut the usual 3, and we have to fight back against politicians and others who try to interfere there. For example, forcing people to use plastic bags. I think everyone gathered here understands that plastic bags are a problem, but they do

n't actually protect the environment effectively. In reality, it's a kind of malice. It might be acceptable to give us a small religious feeling that we're doing something good by inflicting a certain kind of pain on ourselves, but in reality, it does n't contribute to the environment at all. I'm concerned about that kind of thing. So, in that sense,

tax cuts and the living expenses movement are two sides of the same coin, so this time we won't allow Mr. Makihara to be re-elected through proportional representation. It was good that we were able to get him out, but it seems that he's running again in Saitama, and someone from the Omiya current party

said that he's already had his posters put up on mailboxes, so if you see any posters, be sure to take a picture of them and upload them to the internet saying that this guy is running again, and let's put pressure on him. I think that if we can get one or two more outs for him in the next election, we'll be able to really

instill fear in him. Right now, we started off with a fairly legitimate argument, but he's come out directly advocating for tax cuts, and there's nothing like that, you know, the National Democratic Party, right? What do you two

think about that? This time, it's the Ishin Party and the National Democratic Party, and there are some subtle points, but regardless, they've put forward a plan that's at least better than the current situation, especially Mae, I think so, but I think that's resonating with the public to some extent. I think we're still at a

stage where we need one more push. Mr. Ohkita has clearly written about it, but it's not at a legitimate level. It's just his personal opinion. That's why it's still a bit of a problem. It's also because of the time. But basically, I think it's impossible to look at it on a party-by-party basis. So, although they

say the LDP has fewer seats on the agenda and more seats on the standing side, the agenda and standing side are definitely the same thing when you look at it from that perspective. So, the result this time is that the number of seats on the agenda and standing side has decreased by 15. So, in that

sense, the pro-tax increase side has put the brakes on a little, but it's still not enough. So, even if we do n't go as far as the pro-tax decrease side, I think the number of people who are against tax increases has increased, so the number of people who are against tax increases has increased a little, and the brakes have been

put on a little, but the pro-tax increase side is still basically in power. Rather than that, I'd rather they just not take it at all. I'd rather they let us use it as we like. Those independent people are still a small minority, like guerrillas, so I think we still have to continue our guerrilla warfare. Yes, that's how

guerrillas turn from points into lines and finally into a surface. We want to work hard towards that goal. That's right. I think that if you talk about raising taxes, people will fall. I think it's important to build up this as a track record and instill fear. That was a good talk. Well, I'll wrap it up then.

But yes, let's all continue to do our best in the future.

Thank you very much.