Yes, beyond the political theater the US is a military slave state, thugs for capital, and who decides are the unelected power elite who create and allocate the money, the global financial monopoly that rules the western world. The "nation states" under their control need to take their sovereignty back for the benefit of their common people and ditch the banking cabal and the speculative economy. Money is the governing factor, which is why it must be a public utility, not a private scam. Only then, because of the psychological effects of monetary design, will we see people's minds change, begin to think long-term, and create an economics of care. monertaryalliance.org