I've stayed out of this shitshow so far but you ask a reasonable question and sound like you would like a real answer so here goes.
The mask I wear is not for me, it's for you. I'm not able to work from home and isolate myself from the world so that puts me at a higher risk for contracting COVID. If I'm asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic, my sneeze, cough, or even speaking could spray droplets carrying coronavirus.
If you're not wearing a mask in public, you could, unknowingly, be spreading it to me or some other "higher risk" person that you love.
At my workplace, I often can work distantly from others but I often have to be closer. We wear the damn masks when we're close, but mine is sitting on the desk in front of me right now.
And, like Pauly, I'm about as politically conservative as you can get. But I believe the science that says that masks DO work.