The Human Heart in Conflict With Itself

When i wrote gamothrones and song of ice and fire, part of fantasy is the world building. So i'm telling a story about these characters but as i got deeper into it, i'm creating more e of a world. A real world has a huge amount of stories in it. And a hopefully westros does too. When hp wanted successor shows for game of thrones, this is one of the things that came mind because the dance with dragons is a huge canvas,. It has lots of dragons, and it has some fascinating characters. The good story has all of those things. George, how much does the politics of the modern times influence your your writing and your story telling?