> You don't have activism in China, you only have (, ignoring all the regular people who just work hard and don't cause trouble) the state, its law and dissiden

> You don't have activism in China, you only have (, ignoring all the regular people who just work hard and don't cause trouble) the state, its law and dissidents (who by definition are stupid people who want to go against the state and its law).... > I think I should clarify why these people are stupid. Because they ought to know that doing this is going to bring them a world of trouble, and achieve nothing, but they do so. What you're describing as "stupidity" is properly called courage. From some (usually excessively selfish) perspectives it looks "stupid" to be courageous. However, it's is still rightly recognized as a positive and admirable trait, since the perspectives that would label it "stupid" are quite deficient, to put it mildly.