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Comment by add-sub-mul-div

2 days ago

That has nothing to do with what "politics" means but it's exactly how people have started using "political" to mean "idea I don't agree with".

I think there is a lot of overlap between politics and ideology, and an increasing amount of overlap between ideology and emotion.

I think it's fair to call me out for skipping a step, but I wasn't using it to mean "idea I don't agree with".

  • > I think there is a lot of overlap between politics and ideology

    What is politics without ideology?

    • Power struggle. Lying about manager from other team so that you look better. That sort of thing is regularly called politics.

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In software engineering the word has also long meant "a decision not made purely on technical terms"