▲ 990 ▼ China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’ (www.wsj.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 233 comments fedilink hide all child comments Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family
[–] LavaPlanet@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's kinda not really the older generations, though, it's more capitalism. Where does that start and end? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LavaPlanet@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Eh, I think we have to agree to disagree on that point, friend. I've seen a lot of quotes closer to the turn of the last century warning about capitalism, it's been going for quite a while. All through the industrial booms and a few wars were essentially fuelled by capitalist reasons. All that happened in India, British empire stuff, essentially capitalism. I could deep dive and find dates, but if you are interested, there's just so much to read about it, I wouldn't know where to start. You might find some fascinating (and troubling) stuff, once you start scratching the surface. I feel like I am only just scratching the surface. I'm looking for a good book to read on the subject so I have a more indepth understanding. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LavaPlanet@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Eh, I think we have to agree to disagree on that point, friend. I've seen a lot of quotes closer to the turn of the last century warning about capitalism, it's been going for quite a while. All through the industrial booms and a few wars were essentially fuelled by capitalist reasons. All that happened in India, British empire stuff, essentially capitalism. I could deep dive and find dates, but if you are interested, there's just so much to read about it, I wouldn't know where to start. You might find some fascinating (and troubling) stuff, once you start scratching the surface. I feel like I am only just scratching the surface. I'm looking for a good book to read on the subject so I have a more indepth understanding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LavaPlanet@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Eh, I think we have to agree to disagree on that point, friend. I've seen a lot of quotes closer to the turn of the last century warning about capitalism, it's been going for quite a while. All through the industrial booms and a few wars were essentially fuelled by capitalist reasons. All that happened in India, British empire stuff, essentially capitalism. I could deep dive and find dates, but if you are interested, there's just so much to read about it, I wouldn't know where to start. You might find some fascinating (and troubling) stuff, once you start scratching the surface. I feel like I am only just scratching the surface. I'm looking for a good book to read on the subject so I have a more indepth understanding. permalink fedilink source parent