alt Hacker NewsWhat does this mean? This is all vague.
"Being aware"
"advocate for"
What are you talking about? Should you hound co-workers that don't work for you? Leave pamphlets on cars with bad bumper stickers? Subscribe to the New Yorker?
If you're interested in politics you should read it, but you should not let it affect your life in any meaningful way.
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> you should not let it affect your life in any meaningful way.
Oh, I’ve got really bad news for you.
Politics affects your life in basically every way you could possibly think of, regardless of your apathy towards it.
When you’re apathetic, these decisions don’t just disappear. You implicitly delegate them to everyone else. Now, knowing what you know about most people, does that sound like a wise idea?
It’s sort of like saying “I don’t care where we eat” in your friend group, and then they choose sushi and you hate fish. Whoops.
You're being needlessly antagonistic and it makes me think you haven't actually explored local options. Let's start elsewhere: what sort of civic engagement are you involved with? Have you ever submitted a FOIA request? Been to a community advocacy group?