No kidding. I always got like an "empty" or"draining" feeling before giving blood despite not being afraid of needles. I bet it's the same phenomenon. Til.
I think politically disengaged or apolitical is probably the closest I could think of. You didn't express anarchistic tendencies just ennui and dissociation with politics and people. Not caring isn't really a position either way.
Someday it's likely something will happen in your life to guide that path. You can seek it out now based on your morals or what IS important to you, or find that split in the road later on.
Don't sweat it tho.
Myself, I don't like people much either interpersonally. But I also want people to be happy and not have to fear for their livelihoods. I consider myself progressive because I'm happy paying taxes to support basic living, fight hunger, keep people warm at a minimum. Will I personally help probably not but that's a combo of my own life and feelings.
Does torturing people with shitty jokes improve efficiency? Even if you for some reason take him at his word... We need to have a talk about what he's wasting his time at work on. Maybe he can send me an email about that.
I think they fear the unknown because their politicians and pastors link the unknown to SCARY BIBLICAL SINS or whatever. Politicians don't care, they're just using trans folk as a satanic panic scape goat. It's not that they have to leave the sheets at home as much as the same simple minded fear and hatred is easily exploited.
It's easily demonstrable when they thought they were losing public opinion on gay and trans rights they were LITERALLY boogiemanning about furries shitting in sandboxes provided by schools...
Oh when is he going to learn speaking it in a comprehensible manner?