“Politics is an incredibly difficult and messy topic. Most people—including myself—can’t claim to fully understand what the “right” kind of politics is. There’s so much propaganda, so many lies, and endless deceptions swirling around, and the worst part is that people often don’t even recognize when they’re being influenced by them. They genuinely believe they’re on the right side, but it’s hard to know for sure. That uncertainty, I think, makes politics a shaky foundation for anything beyond personal belief.”

This is such a common sentiment among adults in the US. It’s this way of using language and the appearance of intellect to essentially state you are absolutely baby-brained in the sphere of politics/sociology/philosophy etc. Of course, we understand that existing under the influence of capitalism mostly removes the tools and access to the knowledge to understand the problem is itself. So, you can get so many otherwise really educated, intelligent, and/or well-meaning people with this massive dumb hole in their brain. aka a centrist, an “apolitical”