The cultural enervation of the
whole people who lose critical powers,
so that it is not guilty
in the fact itself of only merely
having been deceived
and is deceived as easily as that,
although deceived during wartime,
lose thinking power, lose a belief,
and leave self to livestock-blind obedience,
unconsciousness, no examining oneself,
non-responsibility, etc.
are main parts of evil.
"Problem of war responsibility"
Mansaku Itami (April 28, 1946)
