>>40297440>some people think everything that doesn't directly benefit them is 'divisive identity politics' and everything that favors them is just common senseThe political landscape would be much more sane and functional, and far less polluted by stupidity and misinformation, if the average person focused only on the political issues that directly affect them. If there's a topic that you only hear about on the news, if you have to get all of your information on it secondhand, you should probably just ignore it and leave the discussion up to people who are actually directly affected by it
It's actually pretty retarded to have strong opinions and strong feelings about something that is completely removed from your life and your direct experience, and nine times out of ten you're being deliberately manipulated and you don't understand the issue nearly as well as you think you do, and when you insist on having a loud voice in the conversation, you're derailing the conversation