You don't have to engage politically, but there is some reason to believe that broad civil society participation is important. This encompasses everything from

You don't have to engage politically, but there is some reason to believe that broad civil society participation is important. This encompasses everything from programming meetups, to sports clubs, to churches, to charity, to a PTA. There is also a lot of evidence that finding a civil society group of some kind is very good emotionally for individuals, so it's a win win