[blacksmith_tb]

You might think so, but slacking now seems to be considered to be dangerously rebellious[1] by the CCP.

1: https://qz.com/2019322/why-lying-flat-a-niche-chinese-millen...

[tablespoon]

That's different, the "slacking" of which you speak is a kind of dissent.

What I mean by "political disengagement" keeping a distance from political issues and otherwise "saying withing the lines," so to speak.

[blacksmith_tb]

I see what you mean, it's "going through the motions" without trying too hard, compliance but not enthusiasm.