Certainly, I have considered that most people don't want to spend hours each day or week reading or listening to different views on relevant or salient cultural and political phenomena. And to be fair, most people don't have the time, as you have pointed out.
Not talking politics is probably the best approach. I have neighbors in my new neighborhood (two years this September) who are so inclined. I have only ever had one politically themed discussion with any of them, and it was the day after the attempted assassination of Trump. Most of them avoid politics--even at the recent neighborhood party we had some weeks ago.
In my old neighborhood, it was mostly made up of libs, and they were very vocal given any opportunity to be so. And years ago, I used to be one of them. But over some four to five year while living there, I came to see many of them as too far to the left, and too acting too much like tribe members. It was the coronavirus that brought that to the fore the most. And it was over mask wearing, initially, that made me aware of how contagious behavior can be. For example, I was chided by a neighbor while in the midst of an outdoor neighborhood activity for not wearing a mask. Everyone else was dutifully showing their party affiliation by wearing their masks. We were all keeping our distances from each other (typically 20' or more), and we were OUTSIDE. And this was fall of 2020 when there was more known about the virus than in the early spring. By the fall, if you were paying attention to the latest information, you knew that being outside was the safest place to be to avoid catching COVID. But no matter. If you were a proper liberal, you wore a mask even if you were alone in your car!
So, I'd become ever more disenfranchised by people too proudly on the left-- that, and the BLM signs in their yards to further reinforce their team loyalty. It became too much. I'm happier where I am now, because the people here keep their politics, mostly, to themselves. One guy a few houses down has a political style sign hanging in his garage that states, "F*ck Biden!" At least it's not in his front yard. And he is a renter. The rest of use own our homes.
Thanks for the conversation. I believe many if not most wanted to be tribe members, fearful of being cancelled and would possibly not be so liberal if directly affected. Enough said.
Certainly, I have considered that most people don't want to spend hours each day or week reading or listening to different views on relevant or salient cultural and political phenomena. And to be fair, most people don't have the time, as you have pointed out.
Not talking politics is probably the best approach. I have neighbors in my new neighborhood (two years this September) who are so inclined. I have only ever had one politically themed discussion with any of them, and it was the day after the attempted assassination of Trump. Most of them avoid politics--even at the recent neighborhood party we had some weeks ago.
In my old neighborhood, it was mostly made up of libs, and they were very vocal given any opportunity to be so. And years ago, I used to be one of them. But over some four to five year while living there, I came to see many of them as too far to the left, and too acting too much like tribe members. It was the coronavirus that brought that to the fore the most. And it was over mask wearing, initially, that made me aware of how contagious behavior can be. For example, I was chided by a neighbor while in the midst of an outdoor neighborhood activity for not wearing a mask. Everyone else was dutifully showing their party affiliation by wearing their masks. We were all keeping our distances from each other (typically 20' or more), and we were OUTSIDE. And this was fall of 2020 when there was more known about the virus than in the early spring. By the fall, if you were paying attention to the latest information, you knew that being outside was the safest place to be to avoid catching COVID. But no matter. If you were a proper liberal, you wore a mask even if you were alone in your car!
So, I'd become ever more disenfranchised by people too proudly on the left-- that, and the BLM signs in their yards to further reinforce their team loyalty. It became too much. I'm happier where I am now, because the people here keep their politics, mostly, to themselves. One guy a few houses down has a political style sign hanging in his garage that states, "F*ck Biden!" At least it's not in his front yard. And he is a renter. The rest of use own our homes.
OK, my fingers are sore. Over and out.
Thanks for the conversation. I believe many if not most wanted to be tribe members, fearful of being cancelled and would possibly not be so liberal if directly affected. Enough said.