> everything is political.
Everything is not identity politics or partisan politics. "Everything is political" is the very definition of newspeak and it's sophistic.
Everything is not identity politics or partisan politics. "Everything is political" is the very definition of newspeak and it's sophistic.
> In our age there is no such thing as "keeping out of politics." All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
Every time we decide to act or not act in the public sphere, it has political implications. That doesn't mean it's specifically partisan or identity politics, but it is nonetheless political. Choosing not to speak up about something is just as much a political decision as choosing to speak up.
[1] https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_poli...
Of course people will come out of the woodwork to talk about how "my very existence is political" or some other nonsense. Ie. exactly the kind of thing I'm glad Coinbase is banning at work.