Yeah, no shit it doesn’t work. That isn’t relevant to voting beyond favoring candidates that value serious reforms. The conversation isn’t about whether the system sucks; the conversation is about what we can do to improve things or minimize harm.

Feelings of being ignored and disenfranchised matter, but you need to use your head to figure out what options are the best. Don’t feel like the candidates represent you? Promote those that do. Don’t like how corrupt the system is? Figure out a feasible plan to improve it.

I get why you feel like letting city hall burn down is an option. I think we need a stronger international social contract, one enforced by neighboring countries rather than imperial powers. I feel like the rich and powerful won’t realize this until a devastating World War fucks over everyone. You can’t really insulate yourself when a World War comes to town. It’s better to be relatively less wealthy in a stable world than the king of a dangerous one.

When even the elites suffer, they might consider making the world better. It isn’t guaranteed, but capitalists are nothing if not full of themselves. Even leftists refuse to recognize how miserable collapse would be. It’s something we must avoid, even if that means we must ally with shitty liberals.