> But now the game of politics has expanded to the point of embracing the whole of life. It claims to be the only game.
If only I had a dollar for every Redditor that has tried to explain to me how "everything is political."
If only I had a dollar for every Redditor that has tried to explain to me how "everything is political."
That phrase may be an oversimplification, but I think it is important for people to recognize that politics is going to happen whether you are involved in it or not and the results will impact your life.
If you detach yourself from it, the results of politics will happen upon you regardless of your involvement, likely in ways that you do not like.
Given this, it is a good idea to be involved even if you don't really want to be.
That would be the entirety of my argument. It's a simple, blunt assertion that those who say all things are not political are white anglo-saxon protestants. A large generalization against a group of people based on their protected status (race/religion). You did a neat trick where you rephrased OP's comment to remove the assumption and then pretended like you're trying to have an honest conversation.
Edit: Of course, if you are driven you can layer politics on anything. But the political interpretation is a layer, not the actual underlying thing.
You were able to afford food. 66% of Americans have said they worry about paying for groceries (as of July 2026).
The beach seems nice... will it still exist in 10 years?
You should be able to freely enjoy these things without thinking about politics. But it doesn't mean they aren't political.
Glad we can agree, and it's my love that drove me to do those things, not my political beliefs or views. Therefore, the actions and experiences themselves have no affiliation with the political, regardless of whether you can try to warp the existence of the beach as a political thing.
Love, as a concept, is highly political unfortunately.
> We do not agree
Yes, I see that now. You believe that love is dependent on external forces, whereas I do not.
Politics is fundamentally about the rules we want to impose on society to have it function the way we want. Those rules are not an intrinsic part of love, or food, or hobbies. Yes, the rules can end up affecting all those things, but that doesn't mean that those things are about the rules, rather the rules are about those things.
You could make the same argument about physics. Everything is made of atoms, so everything is physics. Politicians are made of atoms. Does that mean every "$POLITICIAN does $THING" tabloid story is on topic for physics.stackexchange.com? Obviously not.