If you live in a society where your values or map of the world radically diverge from the rest of society,

Have you considered moving to a better society?

such a thing is perhaps good for personal well being, seeing oneself as a subject rather than a citizen helps you deal with the constant pain of things going horribly wrong.

Isn't it better to try to fix things than wallow in your learned helplessness?

My politics and values are quite different from Bryan Caplan's

How so? Near as I can tell, except for the whole emo/alienation thing you have going your values seem very similar.