[meristohm]

If you have any values at all, you have bias. If you eat food and generally use resources that other people have labored for, you are a political entity by the choices you make. Even taking up space as a hermit requires making choices for self-government, and your existence has an impaon other life around you.

However, if you're taking a narrow definition of political to be what happens at the representative layer of this (ideally) representative democracy (ideally because I don't want to spend my time reading and voting on all the bills, which is a political preference I have), just focus on what you have reasonable control over and keep striving to live the life you feel suits you (which naturally may change over time).

I used to think I was immune to advertising. I used to think I was rational and in control of my emotions. Once I realized I was delusional, I took steps to limit my exposure and to focus on old-school hedonism- what really, truly, feels right. I quit all social media except hn, recently quit all videogames, quit alcohol and coffee, increased sleep duration and quality, and read more books, applying what I learn to be a less-grumpy caretaker and companion to myself and my family members. I now procrastinate less, because I can identify what I'm feeling and sometimes why, and address the causes rather than hide from the stress. I'm not perfect at this, but at least it feels like a healthy track rather than a holding pattern.

Good luck finding what you're looking for.