Ban political discussion at work? How would that even work?

Always feels to me like the “Should we or should we not ban political discussion at work?” debate is a little forced. It’s content to fill cracks. Here’s just a couple of thoughts I have around all that:

1. How could you truly ban it? Monitor Slack, Basecamp, email, and every single conversation that people have across a day? Seems like a waste of time, especially…