[krackers]

>as China's "lying flat" movement

No, you miss that "lying flat" is only possible when cost of food/living is low and housing is abundant.

[majormajor]

I believe the closest US equivalent is to get on disability to subsidize those costs. (Especially effective in cheaper areas.)

[oivey]

Getting on disability is insanely difficult and pays jack shit. That is not a US equivalent by any measure.

[AnimalMuppet]

Even then, it's only possible when someone is willing to subsidize it, unless both food and housing are free.

[t-3]

Our lying flat is opiods. Generating dark money and killing off the useless, isn't late-stage capitalist empire great?

[khuey]

Opioid overdose in America kills the uneducated, not the college graduates who failed to launch.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10559184/#aoi230067...

[t-3]

Lying flat isn't done only by college graduates, it's a broad youth movement. Uneducated people aren't happy to work soul-destroying jobs with long hours for little pay any more than college graduates, and have less hope for escaping that situation.