carroll quigley is one of the most aware individuals of the last century and also quite influential in the 'right' circles, including his influence on clinton, so what follows is his take on the state of 'our' government and society;

Summary of Prof. Carroll Quigley’s
Last Public Lecture Given Months Before He Died:
“The 3rd. Oscar Iden Lecture 1978”
By Christopher M. Quigley B.Sc., M.M.I.I., M.A.
“This shift from customary conformity to decision making by some other power, in its final stages, results in the dualism of almost totalitarian imperialism and an amorphous mass culture of atomised individuals.
The fundamental, all pervasive cause of World instability today is the destruction of communities by the commercialization of all human relationships and the resulting neurosis and psychosis.
Another reason for the instability of the Western system is that two of the main areas of sovereignty are not included in the state structure: control of credit/banking and corporations. These two elements are therefore free of political controls and responsibility.
They have largely monopolized power in Western Civilization and in American society. They are ruthlessly going forward to eliminate land, labour, entrepreneur-management skills and everything else the economists once told us were the chief elements of production.........https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/12/06/summary-of-carroll-quigleys-last-public-lecture-by-christopher-quigley/