When in history has it ever been about being a good person in a vacuum. It never mattered what you'd do if the time was right, you had infinite money, no status to lose, and no other hurdles to rush through. It was always about what you'd do given the circumstances you find yourself in.

Would you offer someone refuge with little to spare for yourself? Would you stop and help someone in need even if it meant having to justify being late to an event or not showing up at all? Would you help someone and stand up for something, if it meant you'd be inconvenienced or worse?

Morals are defined by what people would do when the lights are off, and there'd be no consequences. I don't judge people based on their morals, I judge them for what they do when their family, their colleagues, their country, their world listens.

Your “politically neutral” acquaintances aren't convinced by their bad takes, they just believe whatever they need to believe to justify doing nothing. After all, if it were true that our governments are oppressing the southern hemisphere and commit genocide against anyone they simply don't see as part of their expansionist plan for influence, you'd have to change a hell of a lot you were taught, think of the world, and do. Nobody wants that, so they cling to their reality, hoping they can sit this one out.

Curiosity may have killed the cat, ignorance will kill the human.

@ErikUden
People claiming to be "political neutral" or "non-ideological" are just npcs following hegemonic ideology in an unreflected way. They usually are bad ideologues.
@VictorLange @ErikUden I wouldn't say so. I am that way, but I am a very spiritual man, and it is my faith that keeps me politically neutral.
@Gronok sorry but as soon as you earn or spend money you support a bunch of bad political actors. there is no neutrality
@Gronok @VictorLange @ErikUden
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."
~ Bishop Desmond Tutu.