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elfpie@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

Extreme competition and the dark side of success in China

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Extreme competition and the dark side of success in China

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elfpie@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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An article with the same themes for those who prefer to read: https://www.whatsonweibo.com/the-concept-of-involution-neijuan-on-chinese-social-media/

The video talks about the nature of competition at schools and workplaces, 996 working hours, the phenomenon of involution, and the extremes they have reached.

  • U de Recife@lemmy.sdfeu.org
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    How do you remove that? That being an almost endless pool of workers.

    (Not antagonizing: just curious)

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      Unless you divide China in 40, 50 states, you can’t. There’s just too many of them. Plus they used to have a 10 kids per family tradition, so… that’s how you get to a few billion people and an endelss supply of workers.

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      It also the culture of the work. The society pushes this wheel along. Change that, change the path.

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        Society changes very qiuckly when faced with scarsity of any kind.

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          For sure.

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