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  • South Korean young adults aged 15 to 34 who remained economically “inactive” rather than seeking employment reached 590,000 in 2024, an increase of 197,000 from 2019, according to a report released by the state-run Korea Employment Information Service on March 23.
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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 47 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

If you do anything outside the expected path (either by bad luck or because you don't qyite fit in) and you don't have rich parents, you fall out of the wagon and no employer will let you back in, so why keep begging at job interviews only to just sell your life away anyway...happens in Japan and Europe too.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I’m wondering how much of this is lie the beatniks and the hippies: groups that existed but had an outsized influence, mainly by being anti-heroes to their contemporaries.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 49 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Expected late stage capitalism distopia

[–] Flemmy@lemm.ee 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Akira aged like a fine wine

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Kinda a happy story with community and people looking out for each other.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 34 points 3 days ago

adults aged 15

Not sure I can agree with that, but otherwise none of this is surprising. It's a dystopian, capitalist shithole like most modern countries are.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

When the dream goes from being a turn of phrase to an accurate description of attainability, it's no shock that some folks just say fuck it. We're seeing it show up in a lot of places under various names but it ends out being the same generalized thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule#Quiet_quitting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_ping

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-po_generation

[–] ChuckTheMonkey@fedia.io 13 points 4 days ago

I feel this is going to become more and more common across the world.

[–] tal 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That's especially concerning because South Korea's population is aging at an extremely rapid rate, and they need what incoming workforce they have to be participating.

They had a TFR of 0.75 in 2024. A woman was averaging having three-quarters of a kid in her lifetime. A level necessary to sustain the population is about 2.1.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Good for them.

[–] Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

Geez, I wonder why