[Fnoord]

Politics is the opposite of insignificant, and everything is related to politics, so you're sitting on a ticking time bomb if you're as a group trying to ignore it. Ignoring the pink elephant in the room doesn't make it go away.

[natchy]

politics is governing. most people don't govern. We have other jobs and roles.

My influence on politics is insignificant vs my influence on other things that will impact my quality of life and those around me. In fact, politics and political news are a huge time suck for lots of people. Might as well be playing video games or watching sports.

[Fnoord]

> politics is governing. most people don't govern. We have other jobs and roles.

That depends on the definition being used [1]. IMO, using this definition of governing [2], governing is taking responsibility, we do it all the time, and it is tough at times.

An example of governing is deciding when to change your baby's diaper. You take responsibility to put in the time and effort (which boils down to money) to keep the baby healthy, proper, and happy.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics#Extensive_and_limited

[2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/govern

[tubularhells]

This is really autistic. Stop arguing semantics, this is not a linguistics forum.

[generj]

Please don’t use autistic as an insult.

[Fnoord]

I do have an ASD diagnosis so that part was at least factual.

[tubularhells]

Brave of you to admit. This community needs to come clean on this, we have so many outspoken, autistic individuals here whose input morphs others' views on what is normal and socially acceptable.

[tubularhells]

I'm autistic, and I use the word factually. I know what I'm talking about.