Just for empirical verification purposes, I’m looking for definitions of Laobaixing that any of you might have to share with us. A friend, Devi, recently told me that a certain LBX of her acquaintance described Laobaixing as “people without rights or power” – simple and terribly true. I also recently finished River Town by Peter Hessler, where he describes a similar LBX self-characterization.
That’s a good definition politically, but LBXes are more than just the helpless byproducts of political systems in which they have virtually no 办法 (means) to change anything. As our goal here is more philosophical and pictorial than political, we’re always on the hunt for solid LBX descriptors. To summarize, if you have a good LBX definition from yourself or anybody else, I’d appreciate responses of any length to this post or by email.
