>Politics isn't the workplace. [...] you're going to end up with some deeply flawed mental models of how management works. I mean, I sort of agree... But on th

>Politics isn't the workplace. [...] you're going to end up with some deeply flawed mental models of how management works. I mean, I sort of agree... But on the other hand, it's literally called 'office politics' and is generally pretty analogous with 'public politics' (e.g. balancing diverse viewpoints to achieve a common goal). It's not really as binary as you are implying.