The time to pick the candidates was back in the primaries. This late in the election, you’re not voting for who you want, but instead voting against who you don’t want.
Does it suck? Yes, but there are really 3 responses to this situation.
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Work within the system to change it. This involves voting in primaries, and supporting your preferred candidate, and voting against the worst candidate in the general, since that is how the electoral system (in the US) works.
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Work outside of the system to change it. Start a revolution, use forceful tactics. Acknowledge that the system is incapable of changing in the way you need it to. You aren’t just refusing to participate, you’re refusing to let the system operate.
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Accept the system and don’t change anything. Stay home, and pretend that people acknowledge your lack of a vote and your refusal to be represented. Stand by as the Nazi thugs your apathy enables, take your family, friends, neighbors and eventually you, away. At least you can hold your head high when you get put against the wall, knowing that your silence totally absolves you from the consequences of your inaction.
Even in 2 you should vote. If your Revolution fails at least you’ve mitigated harm to your neighbours.
It’s really
When you have option 2 as don’t vote people tend to do option 3 while telling themselves they’re doing option 2. Voting is praxis, non voters don’t get option 2.