• summerbl1nd [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    this kind of work culture preys on peoples' need to put food on the table and residual chinese societal pressures of being able to afford a house and a family

    people generally do not care about the bigger picture, they aren't in a position to do so since their immediate livelihoods are already at stake

    • pluggd [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah, point taken. I had the impression, based on whatever a western leftist can understand from this position, that there was a widespread pride in state achievements and an appreciation of China's newly elevated geopolitcal status. It doesn't put food on the table tho.