One of my favorite all-time quotes usually comes in handy during these discussions, very appropriate, I think.
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety.” -Benjamin Franklin, 1759.
I’m sure plenty of people have used the “just leave” plan before. Like when racial minorities fought for civil rights in the 60’s. Or when women wanted the right to vote in the early 1900’s. Or when that guy brought forward the case for banning the Pledge of Allegiance (I say just take “under god” out, but that’s just me). America changes. It’s what makes us different. Sometimes we go the wrong way (affirmitive action) and hopefully we can fix those mistakes. Sure there are plenty of uninformed assholes my age who do nothing /but/ gripe, but they’re useless, they’ll never do anything to change our world, so don’t worry about them.