What's the design? -Don't know, it's a simple chair.

What's it made of? -Wood and fiber.

Where were the materials sourced? -No idea

Why? -Why what?

Where was it made? -Factory in a town over

Why? -Is it the first "why" or a different one?

Was it supposed to be marked as potentially containing carcinogenics? -Sorry don't follow this one. It's chair to sit on.

I guess you were trying to show that this chair is about just as political as decades running a space race between two world powers? It's a good try but I think we'll need better questions to answer.

Space can be political or it can be political. Response to Spootnik-level event is political. Gaming with expectable difficulties in space exploration, pointing fingers to the previous administration, is political. But those are different kinds of "political".

It sounds to me like you're starting from a position of "a chair is free of politics" and working backwards to justify that position. Without knowing where the materials came from, how can you declare it's free from politics, or perhaps you don't want to admit the possibility of it being imported, surrendering a toehold for an argument for trade and treaties.

What's considered "normal" for a chair in your corner of the world is determined by your history (and therefore politics). There are regulation that impact the materials and processes that go with making the chair, as well as quality

> Where was it made? -Factory in a town over

Why is the chair factory in the next town over and not your own? Is the factory unionized?