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

  • buzz86us@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I don’t blame them… The older generations really screwed the pooch for the younger generation. Basically made China inhospitable for foreign investment so all these young people are left high and dry with fancy degrees and no jobs.

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      6 months ago

      It’s kinda not really the older generations, though, it’s more capitalism. Where does that start and end?

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        6 months ago

        It’s kinda hard to argue that the older generations aren’t the ones who put capitalism into effect. After all, capitalism in China is younger than some of us on this very forum.

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          6 months 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.