The reality is, change comes through violence. There’s a reason the iconic image of the French revolution is a guillotine. So the main reason to stay engaged is so that when things start to get really bad, we are all on the same page about the problems. Also, simply being against the bad things your country does matter in a democracy. The legitimacy of the government hinges on them actually having the support of the public.

Oh, is lemmygrad also leftist and disliked by libs? I’ll have to check them out.

The solution to that is fixing the problems we have. It’s not like we can all just close our eyes and hope they go away.