I don't see any real hope for change. We have no good leaders in this country, and it's been the same throughout our history. So many people I know have either totally lost themselves in drugs and alcohol (understandable tbh) or offed themselves (also understandable). I'd like to think I could make a difference and try to live my principles, but it never works. There's always someone there to steal any hope.
And we have two fascists of different degrees of awful up for election again, so yay that sure feels great. I'm supposed to be grateful?
There's no such thing as a good state. They all eventually decline into fascism, just at different rates.