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A growing number of younger people in China are resenting the idea of struggling against economic problems, while in the US, millions are also leaning more towards the life side of a work-life balance.
A young woman in China inspired by the ‘fire’ and ‘lying flat’ movements has trended online after sharing her ‘days till I quit’ being a ‘job slave’ calendar on social media.
A couple who abandoned China’s competitive workplace culture to join the growing “lying flat” lifestyle of doing just enough to get by have reignited debate on the controversial movement.
"You are a resource, not a protagonist. You are a means, not an end," wrote one forum user introducing the slang term to Chinese social media.
The 59th annual volume of the Socialist Register examines the growth of corporate power and other important organizational trends in global capitalism.