No matter how much we vote, the regime stays the same. More war. More surveillance. Less freedom.

This guy didn't initiate any new conflicts. Elections matter.

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honestly I'm very pessimistic on this as I don't see any effective way to enforce meaningful accountability 

the entire political system has been too rotten at its core

There are times where I’m actually pretty grateful for the system (ex: neocon trump appointees who constrained his dictator idiocy during the first term).

IMO we just need to improve accountability & make the system more responsive to the people, which unfortunately will prob require a big crisis.

This is fair. But how much did he really change before the rigged system regained control?