Stereotyping? Perhaps? But Is it inaccurate? The world is changing fast and people need to keep up too. Government help is need for those who want to change, but peopld need to recognize that the good old days are gone forever.
This so call crisis started decades ago. The world is moving to a smarter economy. In China, rural working adult rush to cities as the jobs are there, often leaving children to be take care by grandparents. There are social consequences, but that's how China modernized, by embracing urbanization and forcing the rural area to change.
With factories moving away from China, the rural population squating in cities are now used to build the largest express delivery which all the meals and shopping apps used to great effect.
"Stereotyping? Perhaps? But Is it inaccurate? "
Are you defending stereotyping? And there is no "Perhaps" in that, it was exactly that. All stereotypes may have a grain of truth in them, nonetheless, they paint everyone in that category with an extremely broad brush, negating individuals accomplishments, education, expertise, and marginalizing them completely.
"here are social consequences, but that's how China modernized, by embracing urbanization and forcing the rural area to change."
WHY do WE need to change to continue enriching Transnationalists and people who don't care a whit about us? We have had great migrations here for people seeking jobs, blacks from the south, Appalachians on at least three occasions, but in each of there was hope for a better future. That no longer exists, and there quite simply aren't enough well paying jobs around to gainfully and fruitfully employ the mass of people. Considering the number of photos I've seen of Chinese workers living quarters consisting of a bed less the size of a shipboard bunk covered in steel screen to keep others out, I don't think China is a successful example. Social consequences are often not seen until a generation has passed, and then its too late to get the genie back in the bottle and society as a whole suffers.
Barry I don't think your defending stereotyping. I am angry, we were sold a bill of worthless goods with NAFTA, then CAFTA, the "Drug War" and a slew of others, I remember sacrifices made by us in uniform, I see the hurt in the nation now, my fellow citizens suffering, and my blood boils.