The nice thing is you have choices. Even bad choices are choices. Everyday you can decide which media sources you spend time receiving information from and every few years you can pick from the litter of candidates put up by the two parties.
The older I get, the more I think public elections resemble the student government elections in high school. Being elected only mattered to those running and the school newspaper. Also, being elected looked good on a resume or college application. Most of the student body could not possibly care less about the election or who was running. Once elected, they have to work within the confines of their environment and they rarely ever accomplished anything.