China's unemployed Gen Z are proudly calling themselves 'rat people' and spending entire days in bed
the title says it all
upvote if you self-identify :3
Important update after i read the article fully:
Ignore the last paragraphs of the article, it's toxic corpo-bullshit. Stay comfy :3
https://fortune.com/2025/05/11/unemployed-gen-z-rat-people-china-spending-entire-days-in-bed-doom-scrolling-global-issue/Open linkView original on lemmy.blahaj.zone198
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RATS RATS WE ARE THE RATS
I identify more as a goblin, but I think the spirit is the same.
Rat people, goblin mode, same same. Same same.
Entire days in bed, as endorsed by the CCP.
Make no effort to rebel, like your grandparents did during the Long March era. Don't vote and protest for systemic change. Just stay in bed, and look at your memes.
This is not endorsed by the CCP. The cultural mainstream in China encourages wage slaving away in their hyper capitalist system. Refusing to participate in this system is a real problem for the government, as it makes their society look bad. It shows that people don't believe in the grift, which indicates that things will get worse for the rulers unless something fundamentally changes.
Do you say this about the bed rotting folks talk about on tiktok?
Yes, as I bed rot
Pooh Xiping personally wants you to goon all day.
BASED SILLY OL BEAR?!!
lol, the old "What are your dreams? Ok now get a job"
"I don't dream of labor"
https://youtu.be/xGGeLHnDQk8
Of course a fortune article will end with "get a job." They want this to be a cautionary tale that encourages capitalists globally to crack down on "lazy kids" unwilling to "serve the system"
They’re still coming after you, and there’s nothing you can do…