Demoralized young Chinese are looking for pathways out of the carefully scripted lives their elders want for them

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

    • oatscoop@midwest.socialEnglish
      51·
      11 months ago

      … you do realize lemmy users skew older, and it’s not just kids saying “eat the rich”, right?

      I understand that quote, but these days it’s a dumb one. Gone are the days of “settling down” into a bubble once you hit 30.

      • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Right, but I was replying to someone making it a generational thing.

        I agree the quote is stupid. Also the guy was joking/exaggerating when he said it, never meant it the way it was used (even in movies, like Planet of the Apes) and also thought it was stupid. Which is partly why I picked it.