The failure of government is not only due to personality clashes, political problems, powerful lobbyists, bipartisan bickering, massive corruption, but it is also due to a deep structural flaw that undermines all administrations and therefore the entire system as we know it.
These weaknesses include unattainable goals, questionable incentives, basic greed, distorted disinformation, systemic irrationality, lack of credibility, mediocre bureaucracies, powerful bureaucrats, political actions committees, global markets, and the interpretation of legislation designed to protect us.