Almost all big time politicians care more about their paycheck than us and there's very little chance we can ever change that. We saw that when the most popular politician in America lost to the two most hated politicians and the record holding most disapproved current president of all time.
The vast majority of scientists around the globe say the US is singlehandedly destroying the atmosphere and half the country is reveling in propaganda that we aren't. The world is run by old men with 10 years left to live legal immunity and golden parachutes.
The only media sources we see are corporate propaganda machines.
We're in a 20-year-old war with no goal or end in sight because it's profitable.
"terrible shape"? "Hopeless".