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They told you to hustle harder. That success was just one more side gig away. But what if the real reason you’re exhausted isn’t because you’re lazy... it’s because the system was built to burn you out?

This episode breaks down the disturbing history and data behind hustle culture — how productivity outpaced wages, how living costs were inflated, and how "working hard" became a weapon to keep you distracted, broke, and too tired to fight back.

From the rise of NEET culture and quiet quitting in America, to the social withdrawal of hikikomori in Japan and the “lying flat” movement in China, the signs are global. People aren’t lazy. They’re done playing a rigged game.

Featured sources and data you can look up:

Gallup: “Is Quiet Quitting Real?”

Economic Policy Institute: “The Productivity-Pay Gap”

Kaiser Family Foundation: “Average Family Health Insurance Premium”

NIH: “Parental Workload and Child Academic Outcomes”

Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada: “Hikikomori Studies”

The College Board: “Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid”

Search these terms to dive deeper:

Productivity Pay Gap USA

Quiet Quitting Gallup

Tang Ping China Movement

Cost of College over Time USA

Health Insurance Premium Trends USA

Hikikomori Statistics Japan

Gen Z NEET Rates USA

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