Beijing is worried about a rising prominence of
#lyingflat #lyingflatism
China’s young adults have become taken with the idea of doing nothing as a way to circumvent the pressures of modern urban life. In recent weeks, 2 million readers have viewed jokes and examples of the “lying flat philosophy” under the hashtag #Should-young-people-promote-lying-flat-philosophy. Another buzzword — “involution,” or “neijuan” in Chinese — took social media by storm in January. The term describes the urban rat race that the “lying flat philosophy” is pushing back against.
Interest in “lying flat philosophy” shows the rising prominence of an alternative way of thinking among young people who have decided to stop striving for mainstream goals such as buying a house, getting married and having a child. Instead, the philosophy’s proponents dream of living a low-key lifestyle in a smaller place, where they won’t end up as wage slaves consumed by consumerism. One Chinese media site called it a “silent and blameless protest.”
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