Is not giving a shit about politics irresponsible?
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1. There’s a norm, especially in cosmopolitan circles, that one must “be informed” because the issues are “important” 2. Some people find that norm oppressive (on ~principled grounds) 3. Ignorance of the issues —> civil disobedience of that norm
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I see! Fair enough. I guess I don’t want people to feel intellectually oppressed. But I *also* know that “the price of freedom is eternal vigilance” (Courtney), so I struggle with the absolute value of disobedience with that norm since I find some virtue in it based on history
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Yours is almost certainly the better position. If there’s any merit to opting out, it’s mostly in (rare) cases when the system is overly politicized.
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That’s fair. I guess my thing is that massive change often requires more than what I often do which is just vote
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