Do you know anything about chaebols/zaibatsu? It is bottom up rather than top down. When I first moved to Japan I looked at the companies and was amazed - I used to call them paternalistic communism. The work councils function more like soviets however the origin is from the right rather than the left which is shown by the way they operate with the government. The management really do act like benign dictators who get a super-majority from the staff. They don't command high salaries - for example the big boss of Mitsubishi (this is by far the biggest although it might not seem like it if you are from the UK) is on just over £100k. Having said that not everything is wonderfully benign - you can get death from overwork etc and complaining is difficult as you get mauled by your peers for fear of missing out . There is a lot of Rah Rah Rah go us! (sound like Steem yet?). you get indirect protests against management. For example I was doing some consulting at Nissan R and D. The mental breakdown rate was hitting 18% (as in people permanently going off sick) and people started protesting by shitting in the middle of the toilet floor.

As far as RCs go - I know they regen but it is breath-takingly slow. All I need to do is reply to people who post on my blog and that is me done for several days. as a result I do it really slow and play on platforms that allow access on a more equitable level. As that guy in the UK says something that isn't for the few.