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[-] tastysnacks@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

No, most things aren't political. But punk isn't one of them.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 10 months ago

Care to name some media that's about people that has no political dimension?

For example, if a story has only white people or a story has non-white people, that's a political dimension to the story. "Political" doesn't only mean waving a flag.

A story about rescuing a princess from a castle has a political dimension. Super Mario Brothers isn't what most people think of as a "political" game, but that's there. It's saying monarchy is okay, and unremarkably so as it doesn't really spend any time on it. That's not even touching the gender role stuff.

A story about a boy pursuing a girl is rife with political subtext. Why is he pursuing instead of her? Why not an arranged marriage? Why not gay? When does No mean No? All of that stuff is there, whether you like it or not. It might not be noticeable if it's the dominant paradigm, but it's still there.

Someone might say "Well you're just reading into things!". Unfortunately for them, that's like the entirety of literary analysis. Additionally, the author's intent is one tiny sliver of what's important, if it matters at all.

Finding a political dimension in, like, lyric-less chiptune music might be more challenging, but most stuff that involves people has a political aspect to it.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Chiptune music is made by trans folks. So, very much political.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

On one hand there probably are a lot of non political things. On the other hand, once you've been involved exclusively into non political things for long enough you may find yourself in a very bad situation politically. Like being governed by arseholes that don't give a damn about you or human rights but everyone thinks that they somehow represent you

[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 0 points 10 months ago

Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.

That covers literally anything involving a group of people doing things.

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