The Voices of the People After 5060

Answer 1

The voices of the 50s and 60s included many aspects:

** 1. About life experiences and changes in the times **
1. They were born in China in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They grew up in an era full of hope, passion, challenges, and change. When he was young, the streets of his hometown were quiet. Life was simple and pure. There were no modern electronic devices, but he was full of imagination and creativity. He played with simple toys and wrote stories with pen and paper. With the development of society, the emergence of electronic technology, especially the Internet, changed the way they obtained information, making the world more open and diverse. They could use this to understand every corner of the world and contact their distant relatives and friends, but it also brought some problems.
2. The advancement of science and technology accelerated the pace of life and increased the pressure of work. New technologies such as mobile phones and social media made it difficult for them to get rid of the distractions of work and life. Time was compressed, and they became anxious and nervous, losing their inner peace.

3. Their life trajectories were closely linked to social changes, and they experienced a change from a relatively simple lifestyle to a modern fast-paced, high-pressure life. For example, from not having to worry about modern economic pressures such as mortgage loans to facing the new pressure brought by the rapid economic development today.

** 2. Work and Family **
1. Many people born in the 50s and 60s, like Mr. Liu, went to the provincial capital to work hard in their early years. In order to support their families, let their children study, and let their families live a peaceful life, they suffered a lot and persevered through accidents. When they reached middle age, their physical energy was not as good as before, their work efficiency decreased, and it became difficult to earn money. They went from longing for a good life to struggling to survive.
2. They worked hard in the hope that their descendants could live a better life. However, when they saw their children face work pressure (such as the 996 work model), unable to afford a house, and living in anxiety, they would feel confused. They felt that their years of struggle seemed to be in vain, and they were worried that their descendants would fall into a similar cycle.

** 3. Thinking about the meaning of life **
1. When they were young, they didn't agree with the view that life was meaningless. However, when they were in their fifties or sixties and had experienced many things, some people would feel that life was indeed as Master Ji Xianlin had said, meaningless and worthless. For example, some people believed that life was a mass of desire. When one's desire was satisfied, it would be boring. If one's desire was not satisfied, it would be painful. In the end, they came to the conclusion that the meaning of life might only be to live on after coming to this world. The rest was just the process and experience. In the end, dust returned to dust, and dust returned to dust.
2. Their life trajectories were similar to "studying, internal papers--getting into university, internal papers--finding a job after graduation, internal papers--buying a house and a car, carrying 30 years of debt--getting married and having children--continuing to let their children study, internal papers--losing their jobs halfway--mid-life crisis--crisis in their later years--ending their lives." This was a fixed pattern similar to the three generations of shepherd boys. It made them think about the meaning of life.

** 4. Regarding one's own characteristics and self-awareness **
1. They were the most hard-working, hardworking, and simple generation. They had built a reservoir, jumped over a dam, and experienced difficult living conditions (eating fine chaff, living in a thatched shed, letting go of cattle and sheep, watching chickens and ducks, eating pork and vegetables, eating burning grass, treating wild fruits on the mountain as fruits, corn stalks as sugar cane, mending clothes and shoes, using books from the front and back, sharpening and sharpening pens). They started from scratch but never complained.
2. They cherished their experiences and were proud of the characteristics of their generation.

** 5. Regarding the concept of retirement and life and death **
1. Many of them faced the low pension of the elderly in rural areas (only more than 100 yuan per month). Although they had made many contributions to the country (such as paying public grain to feed the society, creating a population bonus, supporting the education system, etc.), they were now facing economic pressure in their retirement life. If they were sick, they could only buy medicine. If they had no money, they would grow vegetables and work part-time jobs to subsidize their lives. They chose to remain silent in order not to burden their children.
2. In the view of life and death, many people in their 50s and 60s refused excessive medical treatment and hoped to leave with dignity. They had gone through many difficult times and it was not easy to earn money. They did not want to burden their children with debts at the end of their lives, so they were relatively indifferent to birth, old age, illness, and death.

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