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It's quite possible to be 100% apolitical and still rebel against injustice and inequality. For me, it's just that I've examined the available ideologies and found them all wanting. Or rather, I have examined "ideology" and found the very concept unappealing. I reject all of the major ideologies, but
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According to some theories? Needs citation! This doesn't belong as the second line either. This whole stub implies that anyone taking an apolitical stance is uneducated. People who delve into political philosophy often arrive at an apolitical stance through erudition. What does being apolitical
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Apoliticism is stance taken or a a form of political activism. This is a different thing to being an
Apolitical (one who engages in politics as an independent or one who objects to party politics). Apolitical is a noun in its own right. See for example The Decline of American Political Parties,
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The last sentence states: "Libertarians can be considered apolitical." Does that actually need to be here? I consider myself to be a
Libertarian, but nowhere near being apolitical. If your are political enough to declare a party affiliation or align with an ideology, then you are not apolitical.
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I'm not "neutral". Religions provide a near perfect analogy. I reject all of the religions too, but as an agnostic atheist, I'm far from neutral. Neither am I some kind of fence sitter. And I am very aware of the dangers of false balance.
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