China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’ - eviltoast
Demoralized young Chinese are looking for pathways out of the carefully scripted lives their elders want for them

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

  • Dinsmore@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 months 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.