You and I see it mentioned time and time again. We frequent places, read things, and talk to people where and with whom this is a common theme. But I don’t think it’s as firmly ensconced in the lives of most Americans.
Even worse, most Americans are convinced that the other party is the corrupt one, with no sense that their own party is equally a part of the problem. The result is that we whiplash back and forth between the same two parties for centuries and the corruption just becomes more thoroughly entrenched.