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Politics means the dealings of the city. It means the people and their lives. We've been conditioned to immediately believe political is equal to electoralism, which is a lie.
Politics is unionizing, it's feeding your neighbors, it's organizing community gardens and sing alongs, it's starting a mutual aid network to ensure every need is met. It's all these and million more things.
Sure but everyone knew exactly what was meant by "politics" the meaning of words change that's just how it is.
Those in power want you to release your political power and responsibilities to mere voting and complaining to reps once in a while.
If we truly had a sense of what it meant to hold political power, labor power, and community power, our view of self determination and action would radically shift. It is through the shutting down and othering of that responsibility and privilege that we lose that control and power. The relegation of politics as something for specific people who are born "gifted" for leadership or organizing is tantamount to relegating your daily decisions, no matter how miniscule, to others. But we do it all the time.