It's not just your government, your society is in a pretty bad way as well - America is like a great tree that termites have infested, the outside of the tree remains strong and powerful but the inside is being eaten away.
It is horrifying to watch, especially when you live in the tree one over and have tried to be buddies for the past six decades after the tree that spawned both of us got pruned pretty badly after that horrible fire. I may not like the giant Red that's been getting pretty huge of late (and keeps sticking its roots under my soil, but hey, they pay for it), but at least they're stable despite how *danced* up aspects of their branches are.