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

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[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The actual solution is to figure out why work sucks so hard that people find loopholes like this to get around it. If i can work 4 months out of the year and take care of myself, why would you want to eork any more?

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Agreed but employers don’t care. They are the ones with the power. Having you work 60 hours a week is a means of control. If you quit there is a line of people out there that’s willing to take the job. Employers know this and exploit it.

If you think you can change this power dynamic then go for it, but there are too many desperate people out there for that to happen.