Sometimes I think it's that bad... especially when I contemplate the similarities between today's events and the Declaration of Independence's list of grievances.
Then I think about it less emotionally and am not sure if it's that bad yet.
I think a more accurate comparison would be to the corruption of the government during the mid to late 1800's. In this case the robber barons have near complete control of the government (including the congress).
Thus I sometimes have hope that change will come through the ballot box and so we don't need a full scale change of government through the cartridge box.
What makes me worry that the latter might be necessary at some point is the growing ability of a minority of the population to impose its will on the majority due to zoning and control of voting procedures by monied vested interests, as well as the horrific attempts by that minority to convert this country into a religious state by legal fiat. This goes triple when the goal of this religious state appears to be fulfilling biblical scripture.
holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)