On that phrase, "Everything is political"
People say "Everything is political." That's true, in a way - or, as I prefer to put it, everything can be interpreted politically. That's one way of interpreting things, and with sufficient mental gymnastics, it can be applied to just about anything. A person who is addicted to politics is likely to see politics everywhere. Similarly, you might say, everything is gambling. That is, everything can be interpreted as a kind of gambling. Walking across the street is gambling - you're betting your life that you will make it across without being run over. Breathing is gambling - you're betting that you won't inhale the pathogen of a fatal disease. Everything involves risk, and all risk has an element of randomness. Thus everything that humans do could be looked at as gambling, just as easily as we can see everything that humans do as political. Or you might interpret everything - everything that humans do - as a kind of addiction. That seems to be how