> That's not political at all. And I claim that much of life is similarly not political. Of course it's political -- affected by and affecting organisation, go

> That's not political at all. And I claim that much of life is similarly not political. Of course it's political -- affected by and affecting organisation, governance, rules etc. You have just temporarily re-defined "political" to mean "the differences between or positions of political parties". It is a particularly US thing that nothing that is political escapes being reduced to party politics; school boards increasingly divide up red and blue, even. But politics is vastly bigger than political parties. Most political issues are independent of party politics until the parties choose their stances on those issues, which they usually do by selecting the position that alienates the least of their base. But the politics exists regardless of the alignment. Politics is how entities with equal power and individual objectives resolve disputes, ultimately. Everything is political. As Bismarck said, "politics is the art of the possible". I wouldn't be so sure that Five Guys don't care about transport policy; I don't know either way. But I would say with certainty that if they do, they donate to whoever says they will fix them in a way that align with their own needs. That too is politics, even if they don't pick a colour.