Politics doesn't have to be about party. As long as other people can make rules for you that you have to follow then removing yourself from it completely is also removing yourself completely from having any say in those laws.
Now they mostly seem to do what they want anyway, but I have seen protesting and people making the public aware kill bad bills/laws before.
An Admiral I think (didn't google which one) said something like "If you don't do politics, politics will do you".
So I don't LIKE politics, but I also do not ignore it.