So many layers of The Process and the only defense against political assassinations is voting.
We are so far past the point of voting our way out. We're the most propagandized people on earth. My god. And the US has been assassinating political rivals since it's founding. It's a country built on assassinating political rivals.
If you don't vote, the next president will assassinate you. Vote like your life depends on it!
Don't ask how we got there or critique the society that would even have that decided in an election.