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Since the division of labor in the modern economy, the relationship between supply and demand in the commodity society has changed a lot. People, to be precise, the number of people determines the level of economic development. Gu Heng gave an interesting analogy, even if an old man can’t move in bed, as long as he can move his fingers to order takeout on his mobile phone, he can promote economic development. It has promoted the entire production chain of complex equipment such as mobile phones, promoted platform manufacturers such as Meituan, promoted the survival status of takeaway riders, and promoted the sales of small businesses and hawkers.
By the same token, the economic need created by having a child can be very powerful. The production of diapers, the production of milk, all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation. We need to understand a basic business logic. Your consumption is someone else’s income, and your income comes from other people’s consumption.
The current data shows that around 2035, China’s domestic pension expenditure will basically reach zero balance. It is conceivable that the younger people are, the more serious the pension problem will be, and the more serious the pension problem will be, the less people will want to backlash. The more you do not have children, the worse the economy will be. This is a classic vicious circle and a grey rhino problem. I often tell my friends that the survival logic of the last two generations is very different from today. They have high production and low consumption. In addition to the dividends from the 40 years of reform and opening up, most of them have money in their hands to cover the basic living of their families in the local area. Now it is very different. Urbanization construction, infrastructure construction and so-called new infrastructure (Internet, cloud computing, big data) have caused many microsecond changes in the relationship between population and cities. People don’t like their hometown, people from the third tier crowd into the provincial capital, people from the provincial capital flock to megacities, and the construction model of megacities has not kept up in time. There are various problems of today’s generation of young people lying flat, being graduated, despair, and depression.
These problems are piled up together to form a complex system, and a single solution to a problem in any dimension may not be able to untie the button. The accumulation of less becomes more, and the accumulation of sand becomes a tower. Today’s “life situation of the young generation” is formed. Everyone generally feels very tired, has no hope, does not want to have children, and does not even know how to live.
To be honest, I can’t find a solution to the problem either. But I have a basic opinion. At this time, we should pay more attention to the small universe around us, rather than the big world. Watch less lace news, pay less attention to national affairs, gather more with friends, and spend more time with family members. When all the energy is concentrated and focused on a few daily small things, many negative thoughts will naturally go away. In the face of difficulties in a larger dimension, we are essentially powerless, but we must find a way to keep our body tough first, and then talk about welcoming the sun after we have survived the difficult times.
It is difficult for people to be defeated by the outside world, and most of them give up on themselves.
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