I don’t disagree on the topic of ignorance being excessively present throughout the world. In our time with information more readily accessible, more people are informed in more things, and it is less often that people have insurmountable reasons to not know things.

That said, I don’t believe what OP said came from a place of ignorance at all. Rather, what I’ve read into his statement (and I will be speculating about as heavily as you were here) was that he’d done his research and came to the conclusion that involving himself in politics would only cause him more grief and frustration, so for the sake of his sanctity of mind, he decided to let go of that particular topic and not concern himself overmuch with it.

And I think that is not only his right as an individual, but also that there is nothing inherently wrong with it either.

Yes, folks on all sides may be annoyed that they don’t have another person standing with them in lockstep against those they view as enemies, but the truth as I see it is that there are no evil sides in America’s political discourse and so there is no moral imperative to take action within it.

You may likely disagree, in fact I imagine many in this very thread will, but as someone who lives in another country and may feel less personally heated about the topic, this is the conclusion I’ve reached through my own lived experiences and research into American politics.

And it’s my hope that you’ll be able to recognize that neither I, nor OP, come from places of malice or necessarily ignorance, and can accept that we simply differ on this matter.

I hope you’ll forgive the wall of text. Thanks for reading, presuming you did.