I kind of want to do something to stop it though. It feels like not doing something is a betrayal of all that's good in the world, staying mildly by while evil is happening just in front of us.

With collective action and targeted scorn we might be able to prevent these abominations from becoming commonplace. At the same time, I know that the more people go for this approach, the more work there will be for me to fix their mess..but I still think we should stop them somehow.

I can relate to your frustration.

This future is being forced on humanity by pluto/megalomaniacs who are gaslighting everyone into believing that this technology will be a net improvement to our lives. Meanwhile, the truth is that only those in power will benefit from it, and the benefit to humanity as a whole is very much in question, even by optimistic criteria. If you adopt a slightly realistic viewpoint, let alone pessimistic, you'll realize that the track record of these people is abysmal. They will lie, cheat, and steal their way into ensuring their own prosperity, while the rest of the world burns for all they care. The fact their actions are rarely if ever regulated by governments with the severity they should be, and that they're increasingly taking positions of actual political power, should scare the living daylights out of any sane person.

I don't know what the solution to this is, but I'm increasingly leaning towards going completely off grid and checking out from society. Even if this path doesn't result in our literal annihilation, it will have similar practical effects for the vast majority of humanity.