alt Hacker News>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.
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AnimalMuppet • yesterday at 11:08 PM
Even then, it's only possible when someone is willing to subsidize it, unless both food and housing are free.
t-3 • yesterday at 11:01 PM
Our lying flat is opiods. Generating dark money and killing off the useless, isn't late-stage capitalist empire great?
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I believe the closest US equivalent is to get on disability to subsidize those costs. (Especially effective in cheaper areas.)