There is another choice, which may be consciously made.
Devote all available time, energy, creativity, and thought into bringing new and good things into the world. Totally ignore the pretenders (to the extent possible, of course - and I do recognized the necessity for self defense against their depredations).
Where would we be today, had "Satoshi Nakamoto" been too busy either supporting or battling the political machine to develop blockchain technology?
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True -- the system cannot be fixed from within, so spend our time and energy on building the next system rather than focusing on the old one as it breaks down.
That's more or less the conclusion I've come to! ;)