I consider myself an extreme novice when it comes to table top TPGs in general. (Played maybe 1 game of DnD 3.5, 1 game of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Game, and 1 game of DnD 5E in the last 20 years)
I have been playing a 2E game the last 9 months or so and am really loving it. Our GM gave us this as a cheat sheet, so while unrelated to my post, I'm putting it here since it helps me.
Politics used to be something people engaged in. Now politics is the core to a lot of people's identities, which means disagreement or debate is perceived as a personal attack and people will embrace a tremendous amount of cognitive dissonance to avoid being wrong.