• eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    China is about to find out as well, they have something like a 30% new-grad unemployment rate, and Pooh Bear is on a bootstraps kick saying that social protections encourage laziness.

    They’re on even thinner ice than the US.

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      I mean we all know what “didn’t” happen last time students got together in protest. Whatever became of the Hong Kong protest btw?

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        This is a good question. Last time I brought this up on Lemmy, someone said they were better off under the CCP than British rule. 🤔