Ask HN: How to Stay Apolitical?

  • 1) Don't pick a side. Don't join a party.

    2) Along the same lines, refuse to buy into the narrative that *everything* is binary. It's not. It makes for great theatre - and media profits - that every issue is binary. Unfortunately, that narrative is a lie.

    3) You're not going to like this one but...Don't vote. Doing so creates a bias. It's difficult to remain evenly balanced, voting will add a bias and upset any attempt at balance.

  • Me personally? I just don't engage time wasting morons. (The fact that I'm engaging with you means I don't put you in the "time wasting moron" category.)

    Maybe a better way to say this is "you don't have to engage people who don't share your political bent."

  • In what context? Work? friends? Family?

    I don’t think it is possible to always be apolitical. I think there are many instances where you need to be aware of what sort of political statement you are making.

  • I suspect that the ideal method would be to live alone in a remote, off-grid situation.

  • Why would that be something that you would want?