Everyone's life is affected by politics, but I'd contest that it's entirely possible to opt out of participating in the political process. Many people simply don't have the time in their life to take part.

I have a friend who works two jobs and has two kids, when they get home they make dinner, do homeworks and go to bed. For them politics is something abstract on the TV news.

It's much like art, where ever you go there's some form of art. But you don't need to lift a pencil and do art or even talk about it.

But you, largely, can! We're privileged not because of any actual individual privilege (though it does help quite a bit!) but because there are already a bunch of people who are fighting for your interests. You only really have to participate in a tiny tiny subset of issues where your position isn't being heard.