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You can still keep up with politics while wanting the occasional break. If you don't take breaks, all you'll accomplish is burnout or straight up losing your mind. Neither of which helps anyone except for the fascists.
No, I don't believe in that, I think everything is political. I have lots of fun with politics. Lately I've been watching Babylon 5 for fun and playing Subnautica Below Zero. Those are political. One's about the politics of peace, one's about the politics of capitalism and environmentalism. If I thought My hobbies weren't political, I'd be far less aware of the interconnectedness of the world around Me. You need to know that everything's connected. Everything has an impact. Everything matters. I don't ever forget that, I don't ever act without thinking of the consequences. I don't go to the shops and buy some mincemeat without thinking of the cows that died to make it. I think of the cows, and so I don't buy the mince. I don't forget about politics. It's in everything beautiful around Me. It's in nature, it's in love, it's in identity. I'm goddessgender. That's a gender defined by politics, defined by My relationship with others, just like the genders of man and woman are. I'm gay, and I love politically. When I caress My partner's head, I take extra delight in how I'm committing an act of defiance against the patriarchy. That's what recharges My batteries. I don't agree with living the kind of lifestyle where you can forget that what you're doing is always political.