Yes, during my time as a non-voter, I will admit that I was smug about it. I mentally enjoyed that I wasn't participating. It was easy. I could criticize the system and all the normies who made it up and exempt myself from any responsibility.

I now see that as a big cop-out. As you say, we are forced to live the real-world. The real world is messy and complex and full of contradictory situations, but its the hand we were dealt and if we want things to improve we must engage.