What's "politics" anyway? I think we need to be very careful here. Economic problems can be caused by nasty politics and vice versa. It can be very easy to fall

What's "politics" anyway? I think we need to be very careful here. Economic problems can be caused by nasty politics and vice versa. It can be very easy to fall into the trap of saying "well, that's just how economics work, sorry!" while ignoring the underlying political causes of why entire groups of people found themselves barely able to feed their families. At the same time, politics are an unavoidable fact of life for a lot of people. It's hardly fair to tell somebody to just get away from political topics when it's their rights and liberties being debated on C-SPAN.