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Charm City Slicker (57-34)

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Saito is a man who believes in totalitarianism and Nicholson is a man who believes in the rule of law, and if one of the themes is that rule of law is better because it allows for specialization relative to brute force, that can be expressed without the Asians being so hapless they put piles in mud

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In fact the entire scene where the British officers sit in Saito's office and spend like 10 hours talking about how inept the Japanese are at bridge building really felt superfluous and a bit off to me, because again the bridge could be lagging because of morale rather than a lack of British genius

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