The problem with a government like ours, is that in allowing the freedom for it to be a representative government, we also have to build in the possibility for it to become corrupt. We as a nation tend to get caught up in our own affairs and stop paying attention to the people we elected to represent us. Over the course of this countries history we have gone to sleep at least 2 times before. When that happens, special interest groups move into our government and start changing it to better represent them. At this time the corporations and super rich have gained control. They are being more clever and less scrupulous than they have ever been in the past and are dug in like a damned tick. Fortunately, also built into our form of government is the means of dislodging the usurpers. Unfortunately it takes a solid majority of our population to wake up and recognize the threat before we can boot them out. Like I said they are being more clever this time. They have dumbed down our education system by manipulating funding. They are masters of propaganda and own all the major media players in our system. Because of these two things most of our country is having trouble waking up to the problem.