Taking sides. Amoralism, apoliticism, and empirical egoism

The relatively apolitical are that either because they lack clear and firm relevant opinions as to justice, rights, or the rights and wrongs of things – and, really, that is not a fault – or because they recognize their political impotence – and neither is that.

But it does not follow and is untrue that they wholly lack political preferences.

Having preferences about the weather does not require having moral or religious opinions about it or individual power to influence it.

Those preferences might or might not line up with anybody’s party program, in whole or in part, or support preference for rule by one party rather than another in certain respects or some cases.

And in case they do either that can be so even in the face of indifference regarding most of their agenda, or most issues in play at any given time.

Or even hostility toward all the significant agenda items of all the competing parties!

Sometimes the weather only seems to vary from bad to worse and back again, for ages at a time.