hm, i don’t know if that’s the right word. i think it’s more for doing something because everyone else does as well, which applies less here? although i guess it could be argued that living a “productive” life under an imperial system does still prop up that system, even if it is not in direct support of its imperial actions. to not be a mitläufer then, one would need to either leave that system or sabotage/fight it as much as possible.
Die heutige Verwendung betont vor allem den Gesichtspunkt, dass ein Mitläufer alles passiv geschehen lässt oder einfach mitmacht, ohne dabei für sein Verhalten Rechenschaft abzulegen oder Verantwortung zu übernehmen.
The German word for it is “Mitläufer”.
hm, i don’t know if that’s the right word. i think it’s more for doing something because everyone else does as well, which applies less here? although i guess it could be argued that living a “productive” life under an imperial system does still prop up that system, even if it is not in direct support of its imperial actions. to not be a mitläufer then, one would need to either leave that system or sabotage/fight it as much as possible.
Mitläufer ist korrekt.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitläufer
Mooching off of it seems acceptable too especially if you can manage to slow any of it down in the process.