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by Gravityloss 151 days ago
Why is this theater kept up?
2 comments

It's societal. I don't really have a way I can translate it for someone raised in the Western culture.

Counter example:

While westerners would look at 996 with confusion, Chinese would look at Western "intellectual property" constructs with confusion. To them it's not "copying", it's they figured out a better way to do it and the rest is fair game.

Bosses like it, and maybe it keeps people from interviewing for other jobs?