They irritate me. I guess I sort of understand, some people have too much going on in their personal lives to pay attention to politics, but it still drives me mad. Especially given the current situation in the Untied States. It's inching closer and closer to full on holocaust. Soon, people will be being imprisoned and executed purely because of their race and there will be people going "I don't know anything about that cause I don't follow politics". And it will be because of people who couldn't be bothered to pay attention and vote against it.

Government is inevitable.

Apolitical people just want to avoid conflict.

Assuming US or similar, they're dumber than the MAGA cultists at this point, or are MAGA themselves but ashamed to admit it.

If someone claims to be apolitical, they just don't want to talk about it with you; even if they agree with you.

Even in the army, when we were supposed to present as apolitical, we still voted, which means we needed to consider and learn and understand. We just didn't talk about it at work or socially.

Cowards living in denial.

Literally an impossible position. Every facet of your day to day life is the result of politics. They may be ignorant of politics. They may hate politics. But they were born into a political world, and so they are a part of politics.

It's naive at best, but either willful ignorance or poorly reasoned resistance at worst. You can't change things by not participating.

And pretending you have any high ground, when you don't vote because of a singular issue being a problem, is foolish to the extreme.

Some people think they will improve things by not participating because the candidates don't line up perfectly with their principals. All you get then is the direction others pick for you. You've solved nothing, but potentially made things worse.

There is no upside to not participating if you are seeking to improve things. If you are a shitty person and fear other people because of melanated reasons, by all means, allow other more reasonable people handle the voting. But otherwise, look at all the issues and vote for the one that does the most good or the least damage.

there is nothing wrong with being apolitical.

that upsets people who are very political, because those people are different than they are. and they don't like that. political people derive meaning and purpose from political viewpoints and actions. apolitical people don't.

it's not any different than those who believe in God demanding those who don't believe in God must believe in him. it is very hard for someone who cares a lot about a thing, and derives their meaning and purpose in life from that thing, that that thing doesn't matter or exist for someone else.

what it boils down to is 'us vs them'. political people see non political people as 'them' and also see those who don't agree with their politics as 'them'. my dad was very political, but very conservative, is that better than him being apolitical and not voting? i'd have liked him better actually, since he spent most nights at the dinner table talking about how women should not be able to vote and all liberals and non-whites should be shot.

i don't like sports. lots of people who like sports and get very upset that i don't care about sports, often to the point my disinterest is considered a hostile attitude towards them personally.

that's how i feel about political people vs a apolitical people. political people are 'offended' that apolitical people exist and they are offended by me for not being upset that they exist like they are. I'm not apolitical either. But I respect people's choices to be different than me. I choose to vote in all elections, local or national, and spending my free time being 'informed' and frankly, I realize that I am a weirdo. and i don't get upset at people who don't vote like i do, or don't vote at all. i also don't get on my high horse at people for not knowing what i know.

They're generally well adjusted.

It does not say a good thing about humanity that you need significant personality flaws to care.

I'm reminded of Werner von Braun