▲ 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
[–] Dinsmore@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait, the problem in your mind with China is that it's not as safe for multinational companies to exploit their populace? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) China’s own megaconglomerates aren’t doing any better. They openly steal from their populace, and exploit their workers in inhumane ways. Just look at the mass embezzlement of peoples life savings in the housing market by ultra mega sized publicly traded corporations. China is basically a hyper capitalist corporatocracy, with extra authoritarianism sprinkled in with no upside. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dinsmore@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Agreed that the problem is capitalism, but I don't know about "no upside." The poverty rate in China has continually decreased. While we in the west might argue that living under authoritarian rule might not be worth the tradeoff, that certainly is an upside. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) China’s own megaconglomerates aren’t doing any better. They openly steal from their populace, and exploit their workers in inhumane ways. Just look at the mass embezzlement of peoples life savings in the housing market by ultra mega sized publicly traded corporations. China is basically a hyper capitalist corporatocracy, with extra authoritarianism sprinkled in with no upside. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dinsmore@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Agreed that the problem is capitalism, but I don't know about "no upside." The poverty rate in China has continually decreased. While we in the west might argue that living under authoritarian rule might not be worth the tradeoff, that certainly is an upside. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dinsmore@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Agreed that the problem is capitalism, but I don't know about "no upside." The poverty rate in China has continually decreased. While we in the west might argue that living under authoritarian rule might not be worth the tradeoff, that certainly is an upside. permalink fedilink source parent