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The no arguing thing is key. Everyone eventually finds a topic that they don't agree on, because politics, in the greek philosophy (aristotle based) sense of the word (I actually loved nicomachean ethics), is about the pursuit of the good life writ large. The chances of two people believing in the exact same life goals is almost zero, so there will be a fundamental disagreement at some point that, because we are talking about using governmental authority as a cudgel (in the modern sense of the word politics) to bring about a 'good life' for society, will cause a lot of friction.

In environments where we can't control who we interact with, and that are semi-public with an 'audience,' such as work and family dinners, it's just easier to say no politics and focus on the agreed areas of shared interests. Otherwise those little frictions can build into socially driven, highly charged arguments.

Keep political discussions to where everyone can easily walk away, where it's one-on-one, or where everybody comes wanting to talk politics, and things are fine.

This may be because I'm autistic, but I think apoliticals are the most boring people in the world. Apoliticals always want to talk about the weather and their favourite reality TV show and what they did while drinking on the weekend. But My political friends talk about political stuff like science fiction, history, cool movies, fun gossip.

Politics is what humans are best at in all the animal kingdom. If a human wants to be apolitical, well they're just not living up to their potential. I'd get just as much engaging conversation from a dog, and it would be cuter.