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To the commenters point, there is something we can do: get engaged, capture control of the Democratic Party through primaries (I'm aware this is easier said than done, it's gonna take a grind over multiple elections), and remove conservatives from power at every opportunity.
If you're already engaged, great. Loop in more people, run for office, donate your time/money to progressive candidates. There's plenty of things we can do to move the needle. If everyone expressing disdain for how our government operates actually did these things we'd be in a much better world.
We don't even need hope for this, it works. Look at the GOP and who controls it. Look at statehouses around the country. Look at the judiciary. Look at all the school boards and city councils passing crazy shit. It's all from incremental steps by a bunch of really dedicated awful people over decades. We can use the same playbook to gain power and use that power to improve people's lives. We have one thing they have never had: numbers.
And to anyone brushing this off and thinking I'm naive, what do you have to lose? Would you rather do nothing and accept this bullshit forever?
lfg