Today we ignore the need for fundamental reform of government at the risk of losing the very democratic nature of our country.
There are two aspects of this.
First, the very basis of our democracy is being disassembled before our eyes and the USA is moving toward a new, authoritarian relationship between citizens and the executive.
Second, our representatives in government fiddle while the country burns -- offering themselves to the highest bidder, selling out not only themselves and us, but destroying the very concept of the public trust.