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A political group clearly stating their opinions is a different thing than people projecting meaning which was not intended.

Japan has a colonial history, for example it colonised Taiwan and Korea, ruled the Philippines at some point, etc...

The excerpt you cite concerns couples who choose to not marry in the first place, not people already married considering a divorce. In your example, the man brings 20000$ a year more to the household + 5500$ a year of welfare for the mother = 25500$. This is much more than the 11000$ a year the mother would get on her own. I hardly see how this example makes any sense

It's probably tied to internet culture/subculture - VR Chat is still a pretty niche thing, most people don't own VR headsets. A lot of people owning a headset and interested in participating in a virtual world intersect with online subcultures and Otaku subculture.

Why does the outcome have to be divorce? People's situations vary a lot, maybe the wife actually has a job, for example. Maybe the family can claim benefits without having to divorce, too.

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