I think you misunderstand. I'm not saying all politics belong at work, but that all work involves politics. I, likewise, am not interested in discussing presid

I think you misunderstand. I'm not saying all politics belong at work, but that all work involves politics. I, likewise, am not interested in discussing presidential candidates with my coworkers. But every employer makes decisions about wages, benefits, donations, access to their products and services, energy consumption, their local communities, support of political candidates, etc. No workplace is an island, and if a workplace is going to engage in those things, I want to be able to discuss how my particular workplace interacts with them. (E.g. if I worked in a factory, maybe I'd want to talk about how the factory sourced energy.)