China, lie down against hyperwork: the protest is called tangping

«Tangping“In Mandarin means” to lie down “and is the motto of a new Chinese revolt against what Chinese society has become. Against thehyperwork all aimed at success and money we stop and lie down to say goodbye to excess of competition. And China is not happy.

The philosophy is similar to that of Nomadland, the Oscar-winning film, without nomadism. If in that case there are people marginalized from the system who have found their happy freedom, in China there is a will to get out of the system.

The Corriere della Sera brings the message of a man who changed his lifestyle two years ago. «I gave up having a permanent job, I only work a few months, just enough to have what is strictly necessary. Then I lie wisely, I do good readings, I don’t want to buy anything that is not essential. In China we have never had an ideological current that exalts the subjectivity of the human being, we are in full involution, so I decided to “tangping” ».

He would have launched the formula and the way of life that is now followed by many with the hashtag #tangping. There does not seem to be the good Chinese who works to increase the productivity of his country, who only has one child when the state tells him and makes three now that the state allows it. It doesn’t work like that anymore and tangping is proof of that. “Only by lying down can men become the measure of all thingsWas written on a forum reported by the BBC.

In addition to the hashtag on social networks, memes have started especially with animals. The government of China immediately feared a model so far from the one proposed by the party. The official press has already cried out in shame for defeatist attitudes towards society. The idea of ​​stopping, of lying down is a concept of socialist ethics. The hashtag #Tangping has been censored and forums where this topic was discussed have been blocked.