People focus on things they think can personally benefit them. Right now people focus on red vs. blue because the gov. is the rainmaker in the economy ( employs 1/3 of workers directly, distributes checks to ~ 1/2) It literally pays them to participate. As the gov. losses the ability to print endless currency it will no longer be able to employ 1/3 the workforce, and due to bitcoin's unconfiscatable nature taxation will become more difficult; this will end the redistribution from the productive to the unproductive. These forces will cause people to naturally stop focusing on politics and more on production and saving.