> don't talk politics( one of my biggest regrets is how political I was in my youth).
Opinion: talking politics isn't politics: it's mostly just group signalling. If you're genuinely learning things, that's alright; if you're organising something real, likewise. But if you're just trying to win the "information war" (i.e., the current internet argument), that's almost never meaningful political engagement.
Example: this comment isn't politics. I'm just advertising that I'm a contrarian. (And this paragraph advertises that I'm a meta-contrarian, also known as a hypocrite.)
Opinion: talking politics isn't politics: it's mostly just group signalling. If you're genuinely learning things, that's alright; if you're organising something real, likewise. But if you're just trying to win the "information war" (i.e., the current internet argument), that's almost never meaningful political engagement.
Example: this comment isn't politics. I'm just advertising that I'm a contrarian. (And this paragraph advertises that I'm a meta-contrarian, also known as a hypocrite.)