Are today's politics generally useless? Yeah kinda, I understand the common bitcoiner sentiment. 

But, like, it wasn't always like this. It's a common trap to get way to extreme. As long as we are human, we will need to form groups. Those groups will have to make decisions. That's politics. 

To say that groups shouldn't be able to make decisions, or that it will always be flawed, is shortsighted.  

 Even if someone doesn’t think presidential or national level politics are worth engaging in, local politics absolutely are worth it and probably more immediately consequential to them and their families.