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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

They were fully prepared to turn the working populace into slave labor and then the government was shocked to see that descision was unpopular.

One thing that catches my eye about this article is that the Guardian specifies "young people" as the cause for the pushback, Gen Z and Millennials, as if everyone else would be perfectly fine working until they fucking die. Just more "Zoomers bad" rhetoric.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

“but south korea is democratic unlike the evil communist north korea”

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

In this specific case they did actually cave to the people though.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

They will do it the Euro way - they will try again and again and again until people will not protest. And in the meantime they will attack the workers from another angle.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

That's right. They'll add an hour a week until they get to 69.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Btw since i wrote that comment the Euro way just changed too, Macron said "fuck you" and forced that as a decreee by his totally democratic dictatorial power.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

He's getting the people ready for a big 60 year anniversary of May '68. This time the communists will get into power.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Macaron accelerationist

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

South Korea has some of the highest rates of suicide, absolutely no government oversight that isn't corrupt, is an insanely nepotistic country in regards to jobs, have practically zero workers benefits or protections, the pay is abysmal, and they already work some of the longest hours in the developed world.

The country would simply cease to exist with a mandatory standard 69 hour work week. The birthrate alone would almost instantly plummet to a little over zero.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

South Korea has some of the highest rates of suicide

Say, do you happen to have statistics on hand for this? My colleague is a Koreaboo (and not for the normal one) and is apparently taking great offense to this notion.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

they already work some of the longest hours in the developed world.

I think it's THE longest or it already was few years ago when i checked. Far ahead of Japan, which is usually cited as the worst.

Btw. Do you know who was the first in EU? Greeks. Yes, the people accused by all reddit and ghoul media of being "lazy".

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

i mean it's no surprise that under capitalism "hard work" does not pay off, ever. The reward for working more than expected will always be even more work

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

god the audacity of capitalists. Did they really think people were just going to accept having to work 10 hours per day every day of the week?

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