China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’ - eviltoast

Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family

  • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Well, you got me curious.

    Seems like the first use was in a life magazine article by someone who didn’t want to take explicit credit, so chances are it was something thought of by his students. And then it was repeated by various comedians over the years.

    For what it’s worth, my quick skim of the author, William Sloane Coffin’s wiki makes him seem like a pretty great guy.