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life is political. So you would have to suppress all communication about life. Show me content and I will show you politics. A video of children playing in a pool: Are they dressed appropiately? Are they playing the right games? Are their surroundings a capitalistic dream without meaning? What about a b-actor soap series? a wikihow on how to make beer? a podcast on how to make vegan yoghurt? an article about curing meat? There are no things unpolitical. life is political.


No, politics and social mores inserts itselves into these situations. I can guarantee you that those kids are thinking about none of those things.

And what exactly makes politics mandatory in an article about brewing beer? Curing meat? If people stick to the essence of what they are trying to convey without getting lost in political rhetoric people can, in fact, communicate clearly. But you have to stick to the matter at hand.




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