鬼島 "ghost island" is the phrase taiwanese use to talk about the general feeling of malaise that comes with taiwan's precarious political position, the difficulty of finding good work, new opportunities or hope for the future.

I can imagine that makes organizing much harder.

Funny how the AI boom is supposedly about replacing workers, yet the entire industry still depends on people keeping the chip factories running. Executives get record profits, shareholders get soaring valuations, and the people making it possible have to strike for a fair share. Perhaps the real disruption is workers discovering their leverage.

Go figure people get mad when the company they work for reports record profits but all they get is the same or less pay and the threat of getting let go.