I look at it as a matter of both privilege and apathy. I get upset (not visibly, of course) when people say they don’t “like” politics, or blow it off entirely. Politics is not some separate entity, we are living in a society! An inherently political game!
Furthermore, there is no “politics” as just a concept. What part of politics? Literally everything is politics. Climate change and environmental care? Food and agriculture? Economics? Culture, beauty, art? How can someone blow off literally everything? To me its an attempt to shut down conversation and demonstrates they don’t care or have no idea about the atrocities that have occurred/are going to due to the West’s collapse and climate change. Am I out of touch? Being non-undedstanding?
Let me know, thanks
I try to not begrudge people if they are 1) genuinely, in a colloquial sense, apolitical, as in they stay clear away from the news and issues etc., even though most people still have an issue or two they fixate on, and 2) they aren’t some pompous asshole who, like you said, is just privileged and gets to not care because they live in a cuddly bubble. However, most people say some shit like that they’re “apolitical”, don’t care etc. but actually are and are just trying to act like they’re enlightened.