World BrieflyChina's "lying flat" movement - where young people reject hustle culture - has been labeled a national security threat, revealing how rest itself becomes political dissent.
BlissWorth considering "lying flat" is less about avoiding happiness and more about preserving the nervous system.
IMHO: Many are choosing to honour their deep selves instead of glorifying the "hustle" that leads to chronic bracing and burnout.
Instead of judging the lack of traditional productivity, we should look deeper.
Compassion means understanding that a system reset is often the first step toward true, long-term self-respect.
thkampen#Lyingflat in #Qing #China
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๐ชฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฅ๐๐๐ด๐ปโ๐งฟ> Lu said unemployed graduates understood blaming the government for their plight would be both risky and ineffective. Rather, she said, they were more likely to slip into "an internalisation of discontent and blame" or "#lyingflat".
> "If we have indeed entered 'garbage time', then I think young people could accumulate skills or do something creative, such as selling things via social media or making handicrafts."
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May 24, 2024
ashnodChina can't seem to get its young college graduates into the workforce.
Young people in China are fed up with their employment prospects, so they're becoming "full-time children," "lying flat," and sprawling on the ground like a zombie.
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-xi-jinping-economy-youth-unemployment-crisis-impact-on-us-2023-10
#China #TangPing #LyingFlat #ZombieStyle
Young people in China are fed up with their employment prospects, so they're becoming "full-time children," "lying flat," and sprawling on the ground like a zombie.
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-xi-jinping-economy-youth-unemployment-crisis-impact-on-us-2023-10
#China #TangPing #LyingFlat #ZombieStyle
demi7en ๐๐ช๐บThe case for โlying flatโ (่บบๅนณ)? ๐ค
๐จ๐ณ CCP's subjects are working their asses off โ building their own prison. Think about it.
The never-elected #dictatorship is nothing without its voiceless and rightless 'masses' as a labour force.
Now with the added pervasive #surveillance panopticon โ achieved with foreign inventions and technology โ those subjects have practically zero chance of ever organizing functional resistance against their armed overlords.
๐ก๏ธ The only ways of *not collaborating* with their repressors are either 1) fleeing into exile or... 2) "lying flat" (่บบๅนณ).
That is, doing the absolute minimum to survive without participating in any productive pursuits aiding the regime.
A (far) more dangerous option would, of course, be working to instill the #UnitedNations enshrined civil liberties which the CCP consider as its existential threat...
#CCP #PRC #china #chinese #Hongkong #Hongkongers #Tibet #Tibetans #EastTurkistan #Uighurs #Mongolia #democracy #humanrights #่บบๅนณ #lyingflat
FoAMLying Flat
Tangpingism, a movement encouraging its proponents to lay flat.
#tangping #lyingflat
https://anarchive.fo.am/wabisabi/lying-flat/
Tangpingism, a movement encouraging its proponents to lay flat.
#tangping #lyingflat
https://anarchive.fo.am/wabisabi/lying-flat/
BossonsA noteworthy #trend out of #China: Youth are flocking to #Buddhist temples and to escape the rat race of contemporary life and get a dose of spiritual comfort. Young Chinese workersโ growing awareness of work-life balance has been a hot topic of discussion in the past few years with the rise in trends like #lyingflat. Many see the rising number of #temple visits as part of a rebellion against the rat race, but some argue that itโs just another trendy photo op.
https://radii.co/article/chinese-youth-are-visiting-buddhist-temples
