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Because you matter, and your problems matter >:3
I know it can be hard to feel that way, but the way I see it is - after everything they've taken from us, we can't let them take our self-worth! Most cis people and most abled people I know aren't ashamed to expect the world to work for them; we don't get points for expecting nothing for ourselves.
I don't expect them to do that. I don't need them to do that either. I need them to shut up and fuck off. You know, the exact same thing they want the people they oppress to do >:3
As for it being a waste of your energy... that's your call, but personally, I wouldn't be able to keep going if I couldn't imagine a world where the bigots consistently lose. I haven't yet "found my tribe" with people who understand and accept me, and it's not likely to happen in the near future; so the hope that a better world is possible, and that I could help build it, is basically all I have left - and yet, it's been enough to get me this far. Who knows, maybe it'll do something for you.