A young chinese sleeping on the streets in a sleeping bag. Doing barely enough work to eat, pay bills and survive was the poster boy I saw for the laying down movement. It seems like a form of peaceful protest.

China demands workers put in more hours for lower wages and declining living conditions. To fuel china's economy, so it can achieve its political aspirations. I guess for most chinese there is no bright future in sight. If china wins, they gain nothing. If china loses, perhaps they have hope for positive change. Which causes them to side with the latter, rather than the former.

Soldiers of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan were rewarded with spoils of war. Today there is no similar incentive for the working class to pitch in. Wealth and favor do not trickle down. Naturally we should expect movements like laying down to emerge.

Laying down has also found its way into the united states. Where many businesses have trouble finding employees. There isn't much coverage of it. But I think the motives behind america's laying down movement are a bit different.