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I disagree, because I think in the definition of the word dissident it's not enough to oppose a system mentally. It needs to be challenged actively. What you de
by master-lincoln 3y ago
I disagree, because I think in the definition of the word dissident it's not enough to oppose a system mentally. It needs to be challenged actively.
What you describe sounds more like what I would describe as society dropouts
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoIn English, "dissident" has been commonly used for decades to describe opponents of a regime (usually the USSR or other Eastern Bloc regimes) whose activity has been limited to distributing underground literature, or organizing cultural events in the private sphere instead of in the state-controlled venues. Only a small minority of dissidents publicly challenged the regime.