No intention of being political. Because indeed this is not the place.I don't look at other people in terms of NPC so a definition is absolutely needed. Everyone follows a programmed path. Or no-one does. Depends on how you look at things.
Are you attempting to dehumanize people that you disagree with by saying that they don't have agency while you do?
That is not a path that you want to go down. The same argument could be made against you as your claim is arbitrary.
(And if I read it right this is getting political... which isn't allowed on these forums. 'Othering' is bad as, well, the entirity of human history can demonstrate. And treating people with opposing views as less than human is very much not good)
And no attempt to dehumanize.
Take it as you want to take it
As you say it depends how you look at things.
It's all good.
o7