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I bet you dollars to donuts the hideous system that grinds down the poor... etc., etc...
If you seriously think the only choice is between the status quo and some ideal world in which everything is miraculously perfect, you're even less discerning than you appear to be. The almost-universally acclaimed "worst president in history" has managed to decimate the system that cares for the most needy in our society, make our educational system even worse than it was, spend enormous sums of desperately needed tax money pursuing a needless war which has cost thousands of lives, destroyed U.S. credibility in terms of human rights and political clout internationally, and even in its last days has managed to pull off what the former U.S. ambassador to Russia calls "the worst diplomatic blunder since the end of the Cold War".
This is not run-of-the-mill stuff... sure, many of the issue you mention will continue to suck under any president. Sane people generally prefer to make the choice that at least gives hope of it sucking a little less. In my opinion, there's only one political choice that offers that hope now.
