"...nothing ever changes...etc." and sit back and look smug"
There is a third way, though.
Put your energy into changing the system.
Why do so many insist that playing along with the system while it degrades further and further with each election cycle, is the most morally righteous thing to do?
While sitting back and saying "you can't fight city hall"?
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