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.

  • stasis
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    161 year ago

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

    • @Aria
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      71 year ago

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

      • @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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        191 year 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.

        • @redtea
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          61 year ago

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

          • @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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            1 year 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.

            • @redtea
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              71 year ago

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