I mean, civic engagement is certainly a cultural difference, and it's pretty stark I think. I can remember being in high school, still in the age of minority,

I mean, civic engagement is certainly a cultural difference, and it's pretty stark I think. I can remember being in high school, still in the age of minority, and feeling joy when one of the louder, dumber cooks finally kicked off. I kind of suspect Beijing and the CCP of not being so colorful at the federal level, and rather just being a giant executive bureaucracy with principle, law, and regulation intermixed freely, minimal federation, which leaves them largely ignored by society and festering until they're in your face enforcing lock downs -- like an authoritarian military state. I unfortunately don't read a lick of Mandarin, and I'm not sure where to get a more optimistic view about what goes on over there, but I'm curious.