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
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This. If someone claimed not to have an opinion on China because they don’t care, I would respect that far more than someone who blindly claims that China is an authoritarian genocidal totalitarian dictatorship regime
I guess so, I just feel like people who don’t take it seriously aren’t the ones starving, being blown up, shot, or imprisoned. It just demonstrates such a lack of understanding - which is fine - until they are directly confronted with these realities and blow it off. Perhaps I’m wrong about the whole thing.
I definitely agree with you there.