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Oh my God you really don't get it. Politics doesn't mean "anything that is political" - politics is an act of governance. Politics is what politicians do.
I disagree. I think anyone can do politics. According to your definition, 10,000 people blocking the streets for a rally isn't politics. A man self immolating in front of the supreme court isn't politics. A scientist appearing before the UN to talk about the dangers of climate change isn't politics. That's silly. It's also a circular definition, given a politician is defined as someone who does politics.
You define a politician as one who does politics for the same reason you define an artist as one who does art.
Everything you mentioned above is political but that doesn't make it politics.
It's defined as "the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power."
Politics is what politicians, aspiring or otherwise, do. Just like art is what artists do. And music is what musicians make.
You're using words wrong and then bitching at people for not using words wrong with you.
All the things I listed fit your definition.