I think religion, politics, and economics should all merge

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Religion is political (Atheism vs Christainty) and economics is political (socialism vs capitalism).  Atheism and socialism are left wing ideas, Christainity and Capitalism are right wing ideas.

Having there be an economics section is like having there be an abortion section (ANAL vs PAL) or an LGBT section (Pro LGBT vs pro straight within the overton window).

It's all merged into politics.
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That's what Marxism is. Also the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages, sort of. Neither has done a great job of managing the economy yet, but we shall see.

Oh wait, you mean on DART.
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Religion is political (Atheism vs Christainty)
Not clear how that's inherently political, since there are left-wing Christians and right-wing atheists.

 Atheism and socialism are left wing ideas, Christainity and Capitalism are right wing ideas.
There are Christian socialists and capitalist atheists. They might be the exception and not the rule, but I don't think correlation is enough to make religion a subset of politics. Weight correlates with height, but they are two different concepts.

And not all economic concepts are politically disputed all that much. Supply and demand curves existing, for example, is pretty much agreed on. Economics could also cover the history of economics, for example. It's got overlap but doesn't fall under one other category.
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Oh wait, you mean on DART.
Correct.

Not clear how that's inherently political, since there are left-wing Christians and right-wing atheists.
Which party references the bible more, the democrats or the republicans?  The republicans do.  Religion is as political as COVID vaccienes; you can find many vaccinated republicans, but being pro vacciene is generally viewed as a left wing thing.  If I want to talk about the COVID vaccienes, then I go to the politics section.  Right wing atheists are usually a different type of right wing; libertarian.  Virtually no atheist agrees with Evangicals on homosexuality legalization.

Maybe you can just break up politics into all of the political issues; it would make sense given that politics has a lot of posts; more than any other category.

 Weight correlates with height, but they are two different concepts.
But "Size" can encompass them both.

Supply and demand curves existing, for example, is pretty much agreed on. 
If everyone agrees, then there is no debate, meaning it doesn't belong on DebateArt.

The Economics debate is usually socialism/capitalism.

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But "Size" can encompass them both.
"Stuff" would encompass everything, but I think it's useful to divide the forum into different topics. Economics and religion topics get derailed enough without having to conflate them with each other. Atheism is not always a political statement.

If everyone agrees, then there is no debate, meaning it doesn't belong on DebateArt.
I've seen more casual forum topics. Random thoughts, for example. Not everything on the forum needs to be a debate; there's the debate section for that.
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but I think it's useful to divide the forum into different topics.
If that's the approach, then why not every political issue, make a separate topic for them.  I want consistency; either have all the issues be separate topics or have all the issues the slightest bit political be in the politics section.  It wouldn't make sense to give some issues their own topic and not others.

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I want consistency; either have all the issues be separate topics or have all the issues the slightest bit political be in the politics section.
The most efficient way would be to divide it based on activity. Politics and religion are both posted in so much that merging them together will just be more confusing. We could maybe get rid of sections that don't get posted in often, like education or society. But I think the division we have now is good. If anything, I might want to add another section so that politics is less packed. Maybe something like "War" to cover the Middle East and other armed conflicts.
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I might want to add another section so that politics is less packed. Maybe something like World Events to cover the Middle East.
So break up the politics section to cover current events?  Maybe create a current events topic where people go to support the current thing for their party?
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We have a current events section, but that's pretty active as well. I actually like the current split and don't see a need to change the categories.
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Alright; fine, although it's really an extension of politics.  There was some abortion thing on there; that hasn't been the current thing for a while.