Technology means power and power is never apolitical.
What are the politics involved with a large stick used as a lever or boiling water to purify it? Any delusional obstinace can make anything political, like the value of pi.
100% agreed. For an example of water management tech, "rooted in reality", but still clearly influenced/poisoned by political forces: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/06/susie-lee-congr... .
Social media technology? 100% political.
Well management technology? 100% a-political.
If your technology is based on funding from a group that has no spine whatsoever (e.g. 99% of ad purchasers out there), then your technology is at the whim of the latest angry tweet.
If your technology is based on funding from a group that is firmly rooted in reality, then nobody cares about politics because they're dealing with something much more important.