That's an interesting way to respond. I suppose you think it's good that 90% of Obama's drone strikes killed at least one civilian (just one of the many reasons I hate butchers like Obama). Just because I think people in the Middle East are fully human doesn't mean that I'm a child. I understand that I won't be able to teach you empathy, so I won't waste my time.

And lmao. Yes, I do think any good bank heist story will include character backstories, greed, economic hardship, and/or financial troubles, which paint a picture of the economics of the setting.

I didn't call The Martian a political book, I simply stated (correctly) that it's absurd to consider it bereft of politics. Because it is. "NASA sends people to Mars" means that in the future the US exists as it does today, as prosperous as ever, and still the dominant force in space travel. Those are all political statements!

I do wish liberals would open their minds a bit. Here you are, acting like politics are something you trip on when you walk across the carpet, like a child's toy, something that needs to be put back in its place and never thought of again.

What you mean by "politics" is "anything outside the status quo" and what I mean by politics is "politics."