‘The Last Generation’ Reflects the Dehumanization of China by the CCP

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‘The Last Generation’ Reflects the Dehumanization of China by the CCP
In the ultimate statement of resistance, a new generation no longer believes in China

By James Gorrie
June 3, 2022

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Despair is a powerful force. It’s the complete loss of hope. Without hope, there’s no meaning in life and no reason to go on living. That’s where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has led China’s latest generation.

Or, as they call themselves, “The Last Generation.”

This is more than just the flippant response of a young man despondent at the totalitarian lockdowns, surveillance, and state intrusion into his life. When police told him that his attitude and lack of cooperation in going to a quarantine camp would affect his family for three generations, the man replied, “This is the last generation.”

That “last generation” response resonated with China’s younger generation, which sees little to hope for in their lives. It quickly became a social media hashtag across the country, allowing young people to easily express their own despair with life under the CCP’s draconian decisions to lock down entire cities such as Shanghai and many others, isolating tens of millions of young Chinese.

Ultimately, the response is borne of despair and disillusionment with life in modern China. One can certainly sympathize with their plight.
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From a behavioral perspective, the young generation is unlike any China has seen. During the one-child policy era, for example, many wanted more than one child while the state engaged in forced abortions to enforce the policy.

Today, many young Chinese refuse to have any children. One poll showed two-thirds of mostly women between the ages of 18 and 31 choose not to have children.

“Not bringing children to this country, to this land, will be the most charitable deed I could manage,” wrote a Weibo user under the hashtag #thelastgeneration before it was censored.

Another wrote: “As ordinary people who’re not entitled to individual dignity, our reproductive organs will be our last resort.”

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