It's equally unfair to say that there's just one system, and it does work, so you should definitely participate. As they say: all of politics is local. It's u

It's equally unfair to say that there's just one system, and it does work, so you should definitely participate. As they say: all of politics is local. It's up to you to decide if your time is worth spending. Clearly, not every system is irredeemably corrupt--or even the majority of them--but some are. Some systems do not work, and it is eminently reasonable to not participate in them.