[orwin]

I think it exists two different general ideas of what politic mean.

For some (including me), politics are, following the oldest definition: 'how do I and fellow humans organize ourselves to live together' this often leads to a belief that everything is politics (for me it's true, but it's a belief, not a fact).

For other, I think that when they say politics, they think of geopolitics and partisanship, which is fair, because it's how politicians and political journalists themselves define politics. For this group, hopefully, not everything is politics.

So to me, this disagreement about wether or not all is political is often semantic rather than ideologic.

[pseudalopex]

The disagreement is semantic and irrelevant in the sense the question at hand usually is which topics and opinions are forbidden at work.

The disagreement is semantic and relevant in the sense people who say no politics at work believe their categories of politics and not politics are obvious.

The disagreement is ideological in the sense ethical concerns about products or customers are designated political often.

Politicians, political journalists, and people who say no politics at work do not define politics as geopolitics and partisanship.