☭CommieWolf☆

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Cake day: April 3rd, 2022

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  • Of course if you take up a personal interest, sure you could become invested in politics as you could with any other topic or fascination. But this person in the post is clearly shown to not have any sort of curiosity or interest in that way. Taking up an interest in politics isn’t the same as with sport or art, it’s something that shapes your day to day life at all times.

    The way I see it, interest in politics is similar to interest in one’s personal health. Most people don’t take a very active interest in it, happy to not think about it so long as there isn’t any trouble, while others find it gratifying to do so, and take a more proactive action in learning, improving and teaching others about it.

    But for that large number who don’t care, they won’t want to alter their lifestyle to take up the advice of others who know better. All that is until suddenly they’re met with the result of their inaction and inattention, which is when they are easiest to convince.


  • One only remains apolitical so long as their lives aren’t severely affected by the system. Because as long as they think it works well enough for them, they have no incentive to care about it. But as soon as they end up at the wrong end of the scales, that’s when they start to look for answers. As a responsible socialist the best you can do is be there when they end up in that situation, and show them the right path.

    I’ve had many “apolitical” friends end up turning to reactionary or fascist ideas once life hits them hard, and I regret that I didn’t do a good enough job noticing this or presenting the correct ideas to them on time.