[quote=PaladinFoster]
I'm really, really, really not okay with politics as it exists in the United States currently. It's literally just gossip. That's all it is. It's this candidate said that, then this candidate said this, and then a senator reacted by saying something else. It's sensationalized in the extreme, it's polarized so much that no one will even attempt to listen to someone on the opposite side of the party line, and not a single thing is ever changed. Fuck that. That is not what politics should be about. Therefore I have little respect for people who involve themselves in such bullshit.
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You're angry with how the system operates, but you also don't understand that in order to fix the system, we need to work within said system. In addition, you're paying attention to the wrong politics - nationwide/international instead of the politics that matter - local/state-wide. The alternative is what? Anarchy? No thanks, I like systems that keep people in line and encourage competition, not vandalism.

People who don't participate in local/state-wide politics are highly dangerous and backwards individuals who underestimate their importance in the grand scheme of things. It's actually quite sad that you don't have enough confidence in yourself to believe that you can gradually shape the world through politics. Not-voting is just as dangerous as voting for bad politicians. 
Recent example: Colorado and Washington would still be in the prohibition era were it not for the politics you despise so much.