It's not about you, it's about the people who are harmed as a result of your choice.

You don't have to settle, but the way you do that is by actively backing people you support into positions of power.

People are looking at candidates like Mamdani and seeing things better when corrupt establishment figures are left by the wayside which is causing more support for professivr candidates. This is leading from the front by making positive impacts instead of resignation to corrupt systems and making destructive and ineffectual half hearted measures.