Sounds like Radovid in The Witcher 3. You know, the mad, genocidal king.

During the 70s and early 80s the general western view of Japan was exactly the same: they made cheap copies of European and American stuff.

It’s like living in BSG: happened before, will happen again.

Is it legal to wish someone to put a knee on his neck until this bastard passes out?

Dense public transportation sorta fixes the last mile problem. And buying local fixes the Walmart/carrefour problem. I buy groceries every two or three days, and the grocery shops are always at walking distance from home.