Dying for a Better Government

158,000 people have died in the US of covid-19. Of those deaths,100,000 were preventible.100,000 people have died that needn't have, save for our government’s response. This is on our government - 100%.  

We have known that Washington was dysfunctional and corrupt for decades now. And it has only gotten worse with each passing year. And yet we have put up with it - year after dysfunctional year. And people have suffered for it.

But now people are dying because of our government. Dying. By the tens of thousands. 

Ah but the elections are soon. We will fix it.

No we will not. It is the system that is broken, it is not just the individual players. The corrupt power mongers that comprise so much of government these days were attracted to government precisely because it is corrupt and broken. It is the system that is killing us - not just sociopaths like Trump and McConnell. 

What is it going to take for us to fundamentally change our system of government?