On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 20:43 -0700, Charles Haynes wrote: > I do not see that happening in Japan. I could see a smaller and > smaller population of citizens eventually ruling a large population of > resident aliens, but not granting them citizenship, nor much political > control.
since japanese old-age-home residents prefer to be served by robots than japanese-speaking "foreigners", maybe they'll just rule a large population of mechanical beings. the robots would be truly japanese, too. no wonder the country is a favourite setting for cyberpunk authors! -r
