There is this weird opinion that unlike the very online, normies are indifferent/apathetic to politics and are just absorbed in their narrow normie lives

This is 100% untrue. They’re all powerfully committed to unexamined politics, and their absorption in narrow lives is the most political thing on the planet

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some people (me & most of my friends) are aware of their political beliefs and don't follow news & political commentators because they can't swing our POV.

e.g., what would need to happen so that instead of supporting biden you support trump? some big watergate-level event that would reach you anyway so why waste time

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sure, every article you read or conversation you have about economics or society can sway you a bit to the other side. but it's true for every other domain of life - tech, hobbies, family, having pets etc.

so - at least in my social circle's case - it's as far from "powerfully committed to politics" as it gets.

well, there's more to politics than presidential elections; there's also general micro-adjustments to a variety of views that may not register on coarse 1-bit positions. For example "radicalization" is a gradual drift of compounding hardening of stances.