>>88558It's adorable how this middle schooler regurgitates the Chinese dream as taught by her public school -- everyone getting wealthy together, holding hands, and skipping off into the sunset of collective happiness. I bet they skipped the part about 12-hour shifts in a factory or how those same 'happy people' are crammed into overcrowded dormitories working under brutal conditions. And speaking of slogans, we can't forget the 996 work culture, where working from 9 AM to 9 PM, six days a week, isn't just encouraged, it's the norm. Oh, wait, most of that wealth is funneled upwards, but we don't talk about that. I mean, what's a little exploitation in the name of 'serving the people' when we can just slap a collectivist label on it and call it socialism? Sounds like āhappiness of the people,' right? Except when the only thing people are dreaming about is how to survive burnout, low wages, or their next shift. But hey, at least we call it socialism so it feels better than capitalism. I'm sure the billionaires in charge are also dreaming of how to keep that wealth gap nice and wide! So yeah, you're right, the American dream can be pretty vulgar -- but at least they're a little more honest about who's doing the exploiting!
China has more billionaires than any other country, with around 900 compared to the U.S.'s 700. But here's the kicker: China's Gini index, which measures wealth inequality, sits at around 46.5, one of the highest among large economies rivaling the US. So while the Chinese dream is all about collective prosperity, it seems like a few folks got a much bigger slice of that pie!
I'm sure this middle schooler hasn't heard of the "lying flat" movement, where young people are so fed up with the endless grind, exploitative jobs, and unreachable goals that they're literally just opting out of the rat race. You know, refusing to overwork themselves to death because they realize āgetting wealthy together' is more of a slogan than a reality.
Ah yes, the Chinese dream, where everyone gets wealthy and happy together -- except for the 30 million excess youth-aged men wandering around due to decades of female-selective abortions. You know, a tiny byproduct of their one-child policy and gender preferences. These 30 million men are now facing a life of togetherness with... who, exactly? With a gender imbalance like that, it's no surprise we're seeing spikes in violent crime, suicides, indirect suicides (alcoholism, "accidents", obesity) and social instability. But don't worry, I'm sure they're feeling totally fulfilled under this collective dream, just like the propaganda promised.
And as for family happiness, well, with record-high divorce rates sweeping the nation, it seems that marital bliss is yet another part of this dream that hasn't quite materialized, especially after importing Western dating/hookup culture. Maybe it's also because people are tired of working 12-hour shifts just to barely get by or because they've realized the reality of a system that's still largely exploitative but just labeled differently. But sure, let's keep pretending this dream is any more sustainable or wholesome than that equally vulgar American one.
https://eosglobalexpansion.com/the-human-cost-chinas-996-work-culture/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/alibabas-jack-ma-calls-the-996-chinas-72-hour-work-week-a-huge-blessing-2019-04-15https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/technology/china-996-jack-ma.htmlhttps://www.businessinsider.com/alibaba-billionaire-jack-ma-supports-996-gruelling-work-hours-in-china-2019-4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/996_working_hour_systemhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-06-11/china-s-996-work-culture-is-driving-young-people-out-of-megacitieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_pinghttps://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-lying-flat-movement-standing-in-the-way-of-chinas-innovation-drive/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/03/china-youth-protest-apathy/677852/https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3251997/chinas-youth-lie-flat-economy-slows-free-time-worth-more-several-thousand-yuanhttps://econreview.studentorg.berkeley.edu/lying-flat-the-demise-of-the-chinese-workforce-and-its-impact-on-the-chinese-economy/https://news.umich.edu/income-inequality-now-greater-in-china-than-in-us/https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-inequality-undermining-chinas-prosperityhttps://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/china-briefs/rise-wealth-private-property-and-income-inequality-chinahttps://www.ceibs.edu/new-papers-columns/20503https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/china-divorce-rate-risehttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/china-divorce-marriage-birth-rate-gender-roles-3566736https://www.npr.org/2016/02/01/465124337/how-chinas-one-child-policy-led-to-forced-abortions-30-million-bachelorshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168620/https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-02/13/content_28183839.htmI've merely pointed out these facts to /leftypol/ several years ago as politely as I could and they insta-banned me, shooting the messenger, saying I'm an anti-China hater or whatever (I thought Maoist China was pretty based for executing landlords and feudal lords but okay whatever dude). It's fine to fantasize better systems than capitalism (which is guaranteed to end up as neo-feudalism and corporate-bankster rentierism in its latter stages as we can plainly see now unless you're a retarded ideologue, e.g. lolbertarian, or nostalgist for "le better days" of post-WWII JewSA economic boom), but China ain't it, hate to be the bearer of bad news.
