There's a metaphor from Yarvin/Moldbug that I like for this.
The political predators are lions, and people who want to fight them and take over are would-be lions.
Yarvin wants to be a water buffalo. He doesn't want to fight the lions. He doesn't want anything to do with the lions.
I think this is basically the right attitude - although perhaps we can be porcupines (poky) or elephants (too damn big) or something else that is not appetizing prey for lions.