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.
- 0x4E4F ( @0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster ) English2•11 months ago
The almost endless pool of workers is what drives 996. If one doesn’t want to work, there is always someone else to replace him/her. Remove that from the equation and 996 will be no more.
- U de Recife ( @UdeRecife@lemmy.sdfeu.org ) English1•11 months ago
How do you remove that? That being an almost endless pool of workers.
(Not antagonizing: just curious)
- 0x4E4F ( @0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster ) English2•11 months ago
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.
- ArtZuron ( @ArtZuron@beehaw.org ) English1•11 months ago
It also the culture of the work. The society pushes this wheel along. Change that, change the path.
- 0x4E4F ( @0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster ) English2•11 months ago
Society changes very qiuckly when faced with scarsity of any kind.
- ArtZuron ( @ArtZuron@beehaw.org ) English1•11 months ago
For sure.