With the shift of manufacturing to Asia, Africa and Latin America, is the life of the American middle class still easy?

After 30 years of reform and opening up, China's economy has developed rapidly. 10%- 15% of the top class is getting better and better, and the remaining 85% is getting less and less important. There is still no way out at the bottom.

At one time, the society was filled with optimism that "knowledge changes fate". Unfortunately, the existing social system and social model make it difficult for disadvantaged groups, especially rural students, to enter the mainstream society.

Young people at the bottom lost at the starting line from the beginning. It is also a minority to go to the worst schools, ordinary schools and even key middle schools by diligence. Because my family is poor, I can't afford to buy books, computers, travel and art classes, so I don't know anything. When it comes to self-enrollment, they have to test their quality, comprehensive ability and well-informed, so they are unsuccessful, so they are a minority in key universities.

Even if they go to a key university, their body and mind will be devastated, because they are the poorest in your class. I will refuse all kinds of parties, the temptation of famous brands and the temptation of love, and finish my studies with the most limited money or student loans. Even if you graduate with honors, long-term depression will lead to autism, depression and inferiority. Over time, interpersonal skills will have obstacles.

After graduation, I have to find a job by myself, and my parents expect them to change my family's fate. Unfortunately, open recruitment exists in name only, no one can dredge your relationship, and there is no money to dredge your relationship. Because of family background, I can only struggle slowly at the bottom of society. The inherent social system, social model and people's way of thinking have not given the bottom a rising channel, on the contrary, the rising channel is getting narrower and narrower. The pattern of social interests is basically fixed, and it is clear who is the winner and who is the loser. The winner-take-all logic is at work, and they occupy the best resources, channels and discourse power. It will only become more and more difficult for latecomers to replace them. Moreover, industry, talent and household registration policy, departmental management system, social structure division of labor mechanism, wealth distribution mechanism, industry rules and hidden rules, living and housing costs have all become obstacles to personal progress. The cost of personal development is too high, the cost of growth is too high, the path is narrowed, and there are invisible "ceilings" everywhere, and opportunities are reduced and uneven.

The winner-takes-all logic makes it difficult for the bottom class to compete with the "rich second generation" and the "official second generation". The second generation of officials and the rich second generation enjoyed the best education, medical care and living resources from the beginning, while the second generation of farmers and poor people could only struggle for meager resources.

There is no hope of going up, and another kind of social imagination is becoming more and more prominent, that is, China society is becoming more and more downward, and this trend is quite obvious. Young people, especially the post-80s generation, have begun to show "indecent" characteristics.

The word "dirty society" originally came from Japan. San Pu Zhan, a sociologist, believes that the trend of social "downward flow" is quietly taking shape around the world, the once proud middle class is disappearing, and there is polarization between the "upper class" society and the "lower class" society around the world. Now China is falling into what he calls a "dirty society".

Now it is no longer a society of "being Tian Shelang and being the emperor at dusk". For this generation of young people, social resources have long been occupied, and there is no hope of muddling through life. Since there is no hope of going up, it is better to degenerate into a dirty society.

Materialism and hedonism are mixed with cynicism. "Entrepreneurship is not as good as employment, and employment is not as good as being employed; Doing business is not as good as being a civil servant, and promotion is bound to make a fortune; Work is not as old as it is, and I can't afford a house anyway. " Become the mainstream values of society.

The rising channel of society is getting narrower and narrower, but the pulling force of sinking is getting bigger and bigger. At present, the so-called new middle class, born in the period of rapid economic growth, is experiencing polarization between the upper class and the lower class. However, few people have risen from the middle class to the upper class, but many people have fallen from the middle class to the lower class.

On the one hand, China has entered an aging society, and we can judge what the future population structure of China is from the demographic structure. There are stories about old people and young people. We can see from the post-80s group of family planning policy that they are working hard in all walks of life. There are four old people and one child at home. How much do you think they are willing to spend? If they have all kinds of loans, how enthusiastic are they about the whole life? This dream has just begun. The first layer of a dream is the dream of healthy parents and lovely children, but it always ends in a nightmare at the end of Inception.

On the one hand, "Rise" seems to be a popular word in recent years. In the era of rising house prices, rising electricity prices and rising vegetable prices, only wages do not rise. Nowadays, the younger generation is facing difficulties in finding jobs. It's hard to find a job, and overtime has become a commonplace. It's really miserable. Faced with the competition and pressure in career and marriage, many people classify themselves as "socially disgraceful". Twenty years ago, in the parks in Shanghai, young people were singing, laughing and dancing. Twenty years later, the park has been occupied by the elderly and the young people have disappeared. They have been overwhelmed by the pressure of life. Twenty years ago, college students distributed graduation bags, ate state grain, became people, and had no worries about the future; Twenty years later, the Adventure Island, even if it is employed, is oppressed by the three mountains of houses, cars and tickets, and it is so poor that it has no other pursuit of life.

This group, which should be the backbone of society, should be a link between the past and the future, and a group that started discussions in China under the label of post-80 s, is now speechless.

However, the second generation and the second generation after 1980s have earned enough capital. You can see them in the recent wave of third-generation immigrants. They chose to leave China on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Party and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Some of them even took away the honor and, more importantly, the money. China has begun to stage a drama of "the upper class fled, the middle class was filthy, and the bottom class was degraded".

Contemporary China society, from top to bottom, from outside to inside, has charming scenery, singing and dancing, and "the scenery is unique here"; From the bottom up, from the inside out, destruction and degeneration abound, and crisis and chaos coexist. "Rain is coming."

When the new generation chooses not to stick to their beliefs, and when the young people at the bottom have no room to rise, can the dirty society really stop?