I noticed that most people I bump into that says they are not into politics, they mean partisan politics. Often from places where they are disenfranchised about their civics.

But if you bring up "holly shit, did you see the price of milk is 7CAD?". They will be more than happy to provided their cents on why and think about solutions.

You better get interested in politics before the politics get interested in you.

The flotation device is also politics.

I think the biggest issue is people are trying so hard to get you to think a certain way about politics, that having an actually good and proportional understanding of what is going on and what the real options are, and expressing that effectively, is somewhere between very difficult and impossible. Of course everything is enmeshed with politics, and you might care about that, but if you also know that you are not immune to being manipulated it might be a reason to think engaging in overtly political discourse won't be useful or good for you.

I say "I'm not into politics" in public often.

It's fantastic, you don't have to argue, and you quickly find out what they really think.

You know, if I'm out for a drink or having dinner or something, I don't want to discuss politics with you, ever.

There are so many fights to get in, everywhere.

In private with friends, it's different. I'll argue and laugh with them. It's a ridiculously hostile topic.

Its quicker than "I'm not interested in discussing a volatile subject with a rando who may get violent."

https://jamesclear.com/great-speeches/this-is-water-by-david-foster-wallace

Or, if that is (understandably) TL;DR, then: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/97082-there-are-these-two-young-fish-swimming-along-and-they

As the comic says, politics (among other things) is the water we live in.

What do politics have to do with me?

Is there a reference I'm missing?

So is it time again to start activating the people for the midterms? Will democracy be on the ballot this time? Will it be too close to call?

Some people try to avoid unpleasant subjects and constantly keep themselves in a bubble until that bubble gets pricked.

I retort: if you don't do politics, you don't do much of anything

This advert has stuck in my head ever since I saw it

https://youtu.be/Ame0j8jbMY4

If you don't do politics, you don't do anything

But like, really, is it that bad? Because I care about politics it just make me unhappy, and at the end of the day we all have the same shitty candidates to vote, weather you like politics or don't. So I totally get people who are not interested in that.

Can't tell if the UK's Electoral Commission did this concept better or worse...

The Sally Bowles Effect

If you don't keep an eye on politics, it only keeps an eye on you

To me, politics is like my dick: I don't whip it out in front of strangers.

Ok after reading the other comments I finally understand enough to say... Those do not look like floaties and that does not look like water. I thought the last panel was supposed to be raised fists or something. Very needlessly confusing.