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You could also be apolitical because you find all available options to be unacceptable, or because you just don't know what's going on. Separately, not opposin

by nickff 6y ago

You could also be apolitical because you find all available options to be unacceptable, or because you just don't know what's going on. Separately, not opposing the status quo is more like accepting it than supporting it, and these are all different. Your lack of nuance rather proves the point of the great grandparent post.

notJim 6y ago
Well ironically, the great grandparent also lacks nuance. I think your comment is the one the brings it forward, and is more valuable than the great grandparent for that reason. > You could also be apolitical because you find all available options to be unacceptable Is this apolitical, or is it having a politics that is not well represented? It seems more like the latter to me.
- nickff 6y ago
  People who feel unrepresented often lapse into apathy; you can only struggle against an uncaring world for so long before you tire or go insane.
  - JAlexoid 6y ago
    Apathy towards issues of policy is a political position. You know the political positions, but you became apathetic about the political system. Being apolitical is implying that you think that it's good enough as it is to not care.
- buran77 6y ago
  > having a politics that is not well represented I think being apolitical is more about having an objective view and judging opinions based on merit rather than the political spectrum they originated from. Could also mean you're either are against all political views, or have none, but this last one seems less likely to happen in practice. People tend to have an opinion, more or less informed or objective as it may be.
catalogia 6y ago
> or because you just don't know what's going on. Exactly. Anybody who earnestly tries to be informed will realize that there are limits to what they know and subjects for which they are not [yet] informed. There needs to be room for people to say "I'm not informed on that issue, so I don't have an opinion."
- verdverm 6y ago
  I told a person who was collecting signatures to get a proposition on Nov's ballot, almost word for word your italics. Their response was "I get paid per signature, will you sign it so I can make more money?" My response, "That's an even worse reason, are you telling me someone buying this prop its way into the ballot?" He left at this point.

by nickff 6y ago

notJim 6y ago

Well ironically, the great grandparent also lacks nuance. I think your comment is the one the brings it forward, and is more valuable than the great grandparent for that reason. > You could also be apolitical because you find all available options to be unacceptable Is this apolitical, or is it having a politics that is not well represented? It seems more like the latter to me.

nickff 6y ago
People who feel unrepresented often lapse into apathy; you can only struggle against an uncaring world for so long before you tire or go insane.
- JAlexoid 6y ago
  Apathy towards issues of policy is a political position. You know the political positions, but you became apathetic about the political system. Being apolitical is implying that you think that it's good enough as it is to not care.
buran77 6y ago
> having a politics that is not well represented I think being apolitical is more about having an objective view and judging opinions based on merit rather than the political spectrum they originated from. Could also mean you're either are against all political views, or have none, but this last one seems less likely to happen in practice. People tend to have an opinion, more or less informed or objective as it may be.

catalogia 6y ago

> or because you just don't know what's going on. Exactly. Anybody who earnestly tries to be informed will realize that there are limits to what they know and subjects for which they are not [yet] informed. There needs to be room for people to say "I'm not informed on that issue, so I don't have an opinion."

verdverm 6y ago
I told a person who was collecting signatures to get a proposition on Nov's ballot, almost word for word your italics. Their response was "I get paid per signature, will you sign it so I can make more money?" My response, "That's an even worse reason, are you telling me someone buying this prop its way into the ballot?" He left at this point.