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[–] CoffeeTails@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What is an apolitical person?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Cherry@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago

I agree. But can you imagine the headspace. The ability to not get soooo peeved off. It would like being a child again. Ignorance really is bliss.

But the real world brains and we all have to play a part.

[–] Allah@piefed.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

someone who doesn't participate in politics

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Someone who thinks they don't participate in politics.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Either you have an ideology, or an ideology has you.

[–] Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 2 points 19 hours ago

That is one of the more profound statements I've seen in a long time. Thank you!

[–] Allah@piefed.world -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

isn't that black and white thinking?

[–] kutt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well the gray zone would be ~~ermites~~ hermits living outside our society and are apolitical because they don’t have politics at all I guess.

But even choosing to do so is political…