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Editor|The ink artist in the book mountain
Preface
I remember that there was a slogan for the software that introduced the job: "9 to 5 is not a dream. ”
It's ridiculous to think about it now, it's really not a dream, it's a fantasy! Unconsciously, the 996 work system has long become a fact that many people have to face.
However, the most unbelievable thing is that even so, our lives are still very tight, our wages are difficult to maintain at home, we wake up earlier than chickens, sleep later than dogs, and finally wait until retirement to receive pensions, but we still have to fight for our children and go out to work.
On the other hand, in Europe and the United States, there is no 996 and only the norm of working four or five hours a day, enjoying life to the fullest after work, enjoying life in bars, and pedaling mountain bikes to enjoy nature.
So, why is it that East Asians are already working so hard for life, but why is their quality of life so slow to improve? What is the reason for this?
Sooner or later, there will be problems with involution
I don't know when the word "involution" appeared in people's lives, and the degree of involution in each country is very different, and the specific situation depends on the situation.
As we all know, China has a vast territory, in ancient times when communication equipment had not yet developed, horses became a way for people to transmit information, which can be a bitter horse, and it is possible to transmit a letter to the time of the horse's life, which shows that the vast territory is not a good thing.
There is no doubt that the vast territory is accompanied by a large number of people, with 9.02 million people born in 23 years.
In order to create a good educational environment for children, school district housing is naturally indispensable, saving students' time to go to and from school, thereby increasing students' learning opportunities.
Since it is natural to let children go to school, it is natural to let them go to the best local school, and queue up at the gate of their favorite school early in the morning.
And such a situation is very common in South Korea, who would have thought that South Korea covers an area of only 103,290 square kilometers, far less than a province in China, to know that Henan Province has an area of 167,000 square kilometers.
The problem facing South Korea is obvious, with a large population and a greatly increased degree of involution.
And the examiners in the TV series have been struggling for seven or eight years, and they are still obsessed with civil servants, which is also a realistic portrayal of real life in Japan, otherwise it is really difficult to survive in South Korea, which lacks land resources.
But in Europe and the United States, the problem of involution does not exist at all, and the sense of relaxation in Europeans and Americans seems to be innate, and they weed in their own yards in their spare time, and play frisbee with pets.
What's more important is that they don't worry about children going to school at all, who would have thought that when Chinese primary school students learn mathematics, it turned out to be the knowledge of American junior high school, or even high school knowledge, which is visible to the naked eye.
Moreover, in France, there is no room for 996 work at all, and many people must have heard that the French love to strike, as long as it does not conform to the ideas of the French, they will directly fight against injustice and launch protests.
Since you can't do it, then don't do it, anyway, whoever leaves the earth will still turn around, see who consumes whom, if every country is like this, I'm afraid the involution will not be so serious.
So what is the reason for this disparity? Is it simply because of the involution between people?
Resources become a key issue
In the past, many netizens believed that the biggest gap between East Asia and Europe and the United States was the economic level, and if this situation could be reversed, there might not be the involution problem mentioned earlier. But is that really the case?
However, things are not as one might think, but rather shocking.
I am afraid that no one would have imagined that in the 80s, Japan's economic level was already far higher than that of the United States, but as originally said, the involution situation still exists, and in 21 years, the Japanese worked 36.6 hours a week, the same as in the United States.
However, compared to the French, it is 6.5 hours longer than that of the French, and 4.4 hours in Canada, and the high-intensity work undoubtedly puts a lot of pressure on Japanese workers.
Being able to maintain a personal life is already a miracle, let alone having children, in order not to make the already not wealthy family worse, the idea of buying a house is directly strangled in the cradle.
Looking at Singapore, the per capita GDP has surpassed that of the United States, but the situation of involution still exists, from children's education to work, people who roll up can't experience the joy and happiness brought by life at all, only endless pressure and exhaustion.
The money is earned, but how can the mental damage be compensated? It's no wonder that Singapore is known as "a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor", and the dividing line between the poor and the rich is simply not too obvious.
At this time, looking at the involution problem caused by the economic level, which people said before, it is obviously wrong! So what's the key?
Natural resources! Even if a country has only one or two natural resources, it is enough to sustain development, such as oil, natural gas, iron ore, and so on.
Norway, for example, covers an area of 385,000 square kilometers, and in 11 years, Norway's oil has been lowered from 20.8 billion barrels in 26 years to 16.4 billion barrels, but it still can't change the fact that it is the world's seventh largest oil exporter, and Norway's largest North Sea oil field has been developed for more than 40 years.
Crucially, Norway has not only oil but also natural gas, which has risen from 106.4 billion cubic meters to 109.1 billion cubic meters in 11 years, despite the decline in oil production.
Even though Norway has a population of more than 5 million, the income from the sale of natural gas and oil alone is enough for Norwegians to live as a developed country.
Unfortunately, these natural resources are scarce in East Asian countries, and China, South Korea, and Japan have so far had to spend a lot of money to buy oil, iron ore and other resources from overseas.
Some people may say that China's resources are not bad or bad, why is it so? What is unexpected, even Russia, which is rich in resources, is like this! Why is that?
I can't stand the crowds! As the saying goes: one monk has water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, but three monks have no water to eat.
In the face of more than a billion people, those abundant resources are just a drop in the bucket.
But if this is the case, then why are France, the United States, Germany and other countries that are also lacking in resources not involuted?
Technical field
It is naturally good for a country to have abundant natural resources, which is tantamount to adding bricks and tiles to a new house, but these alone are far from enough, otherwise it will face a day of sitting on the sidelines.
The reason why European and American countries are so chic has a lot to do with their industrial construction!
As we all know, Europe is the cradle of the industrial revolution, in the 18th century the first industrial revolution was initiated by the United Kingdom, and the United States is the birthplace of the third scientific and technological revolution.
It is undeniable that although most of the industries have been transferred from Europe and the United States, the core technology has never been "sent by the United States", but is firmly held in the hands.
There is no doubt that when Europe inherited its industry from Europe and the United States, the level of industry was extremely low, and the gross profit of daily necessities such as socks, clothes, and toys was very small.
But even so, in order to be able to grab these orders with very low profits, since there is no way to make money from sales, some countries have begun to start from the inside, increase the number of products, increase the labor force and deduct the wages of some employees.
After all, it is the low-level employees who suffer, and what awaits them is dirty and tiring work.
When some countries think they are smart, they don't know that they have fallen into the trap, in fact, Europe and the United States are interested in this, when the involution begins, they start to buy these products at a low price, which is really a good strategy.
Western repression
And there is a real sense of powerlessness in the face of Japan, as mentioned earlier, Japan's economy has surpassed that of the United States, so why hasn't it continued?
Because Japan, which has been involuted, is no longer rolling! When Japan learned that its economy had surpassed that of the United States, it immediately relaxed, and even wondered why it had already surpassed the developed United States, so why did it still do dirty and tiring work?
Turning around and sending industries directly to other countries, but developing into technology fields, such as cars, robots, and semiconductors, this is touching the bottom line of the United States.
In the early 80s of the 20th century, the United States and Japan signed the Plaza Accord in order to be able to improve the imbalance of the United States' balance of payments.
Japan had thought that the yen would appreciate after the signing of the agreement, which would help Japan open up its overseas markets, but what Japan never expected was that the domestic bubble had increased sharply before the market had opened, and the Japanese economy had ushered in an unprecedented secular stagnation.
All along, the United States has ascended to the position of hegemon in the semiconductor industry.
At that time, some people said that the agreement was a "conspiracy" of the United States, but it was just a few people's speculation.
There is also Huawei's mobile phone in the mainland, which has produced chips for the Chinese people, and thanks to the United States' layers of pressure, otherwise the chips would not have been made so quickly.
It can be seen from this that when the United States feels the "sense of oppression" of some countries, it will suppress it, so as to ensure that it will always be in a hegemonic position, and this is one of the reasons for involution.
In today's society, what we do is not only to gain a firm foothold in one field, but to take a long-term view and develop in an all-round way, only in this way can we get rid of the never-ending "involution".
Only by constantly improving can we usher in the dawn of victory.
epilogue
When will the involution come to an end?
Only by constantly making breakthroughs and innovating, developing in the field of high technology, and no longer fearing the suppression of powerful countries, it is presumably that people's "involution" will also end in the near future.
What are your thoughts on this? Has anything happened in your life about involution?
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