[undoware]

Going to assume you're in English-speaking North America, as I am:

Politics can no longer be kept out of any field whatsoever, because this is "a politically-charged era," in the argot of the day, but it might be more accurate to describe it as business-as-usual for a large Europe-derived civilization. Remember the Hundred Years War?

The post-war period of stability and consensus is an anomaly and has ended. Buckle up.