There was some discussion recently about the uptick in object-level politics posts and whether this is desirable or not. There's no rule against discussing politics on LW, but there is a weak norm against it, and topical discussions have historically tended to be somewhat meta and circumspect.

I think the current situation is basically fine, and it's normal for amount of politics discussion to ebb and flow naturally as people are interested and issues become particularly salient. That said, here are a couple of potentially overlooked reasons in favor of more object-level politics discussion:

1. To build skill. Discussing politics productively is a skill that requires practice and atrophies without use. "Politics is the mindkiller" never meant that you should not discuss politics at all; it means that discussing politics is playing on hard mode. But sometimes playing on hard mode is the best way to level up. I suspect the skills needed to discuss politics productively overlap with lots of other important rationality skills.

2. To create common knowledge and avoid conflationary alliances. It can be confusing or disconcerting to not know what kind of common background assumptions the commentariat takes for granted when discussing something politics-adjacent. This is a problem somewhat unique to LW and not necessarily a bad thing; most other places on the internet skew too far in the opposite direction of a hivemind with a loud set of background assumptions, e.g. everyone putting emojis in their username to mark their alliances. But sometimes it is helpful to establish what does and doesn't go without saying.