>The word 'politics' means the deciding of policy
Politics is every interaction you have with another person.
It includes the stuff we do at work every day and how you interact with your friends or order a hamburger.
I'm just considering it etymologically. I think the word you're looking for is 'diplomacy'.
Office politics. A standard of behavior. It's the same thing.
What's an example of the faux political discourse you would like to do away with?
Just off the top of my head, gay marriage. Should gays be allowed to marry or not? It doesn't matter because no one should be going to the State to officiate their personal relationships anyway. Gays have the right to declare themselves officially married under their own authority over themselves and according to their own personal policies, and everyone else has the right to socially ostracise them for being disgusting deviants, according to their own policies. There's no point debating with gays about their policies.
Office politics of course will always be a thing because an office is a gathering place of people who need to cooperate for a common purpose, so they must adhere to a common policy on all things pertaining to that purpose.
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