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I guess my analogy would be, I could draw a very short line between all of those topics and burritos - make a slideshow of NFL players with burritos in their mouths, argue about what kinds of fillings Orwell would have put in his burrito, build a little trans pride burrito with a blue corn tortilla. But it'd be both frustrating and bizarre if I insisted on redirecting every conversation to burritos. Burritos are great, sure, but sometimes they're just not what we're talking about!

That's about my feelings towards (partisan) politics. I totally understand the impulse towards politics; I have a preferred political camp too, and I think it'd be great if they achieved more power and influence. But I don't think my camp is so important that it ought to go around intruding on every discussion in the world.

>>SpicyL+(OP)
First, thanks for meaningfully engaging.

Second, I think my brain is hardwired to ask these questions. To me, it's a systems problem like an engineering problem.

The difference between burritos and politics for me is that the questions I often ask are about people. Who benefits, who is being exploited, are people being treated fairly. I'd use the word justice, but that's a pretty loaded term. When I play a game, for instance, I wonder how people were paid, was there crunch, etc.

I cannot turn this part of my brain off even for things I enjoy. Again, it's like handing me an interesting engineering problem -- I'm going to be thinking about it when I'm not distracted.