Are you an American? This might be a factor in your POV.
Also, I have been to the U.S. (both coasts) when I was working as a Maritime Electrical Officer the common folk that I met, most of the cops and other authority figures were chill and warm people. People on the streets were reaaaly talkative and open compared to the Eastern European archetype , some did display the stereotypical ignorance about the outside world (was a bit shocked when I met some kids that didn't know abut "Count Dracula and Transilvania") but they are open to discovery. I met a black woman just outside of the port gates of L.A. (or was it Long Beach) while I was waiting for my ride to the airport , she was working security...we got to share a few words, told her about Europe and my country Romania. I even gave her a few banknotes and coins from Romania, she was visibly excited...especially seeing plastic money :D.
Authorities while doing their job (for example immigration dept) are a bit strict and rigid, they do not take kindly to jokes...nearly got denied permit to go ashore because I made a stupid joke. But once the job is done...it's like flipping a switch...
And this brings me to doing business...I have friends that work for American Companies here in Romania. They all describe them as being "cut-throat corporate fake zombies with fake smiles visibly hiding sharp claws and teeth". And I get it ...business is business...especially in the US. But we're talking about work coleagues here...like...they depend on eachother to do the job ...yet ....
Yea he puts the bad out there...but...no proposition to what a layman can do.
And I don't mean about america specifically...I mean about their local problems of the sort.
How does one idiot battle the corrupts? Voting has no power...I don't think it ever did actually...or if it did...certainly now the game is rigged from the start.
I'm looking at my country now: there's the Socialists which are just former comunists and communist inteligence generals and higher ups...corrupt to the bone (with very minor but extremely shiny exceptions here and there).
There's the Liberals which themselves made it clear they are just the same when they were in power.
And there's 2 more parties...one is straight up Russian agents...and the other is filled with young people with good ideals ...but after they got together they showed they're all talk...all bark no bite...completely impotent outside of shiny slogans and ideals, so they're out of the picture anyway.
Lately the Liberals and the Socialists have made a coalition (It's like a coalition between USA and the USSR during the cold war if you ask me) only to not allow the Russian party to gain power...so...who the hell do you vote for? Is there even a choise anymore?