Answer:
accept
Explanation:
It's a lot easier to be cynical, to accept that change is not possible, and politics is hopeless, and the problem is, all the folks who are elected
don't care, and to believe that our voices and our actions don't matter.
This is an excerpt from Obama's Final Presidential State of the Union Address.
Accept is a verb meaning “to receive something willingly." Except is a preposition meaning not including and is also commonly used as a conjunction. Except wouldn't make sense in the excerpt and context because it's not a verb.
Have a wonderful rest of your day!
