> Apart for the carbon one, the others are things I am also witnessing both in Switzerland and Italy. And with these premises I don't find surprising that people consider "working hard" or even working not worth it.
It's interesting that in places like China, where conditions and pay are basically unimaginably worse, people still don't have as much problem getting motivated for entering the workforce.
I've heard about it, but upon closer inspection it seems to be just a media fad. In China, most people simply can't afford not to work - their parents are struggling farmers and won't support a useless adult child, like is the norm in Japan (the Hikkikomori phenomenon).
It's interesting that in places like China, where conditions and pay are basically unimaginably worse, people still don't have as much problem getting motivated for entering the workforce.