How did America wind up with a "political ruling class" who "have no idea what Americans think and they don't care"? Wasn't America the place you went to leave that kind of arrogant nonsense behind?
Basically it blames the New Deal and the massive expansion of Congressional ambition that accompanied it. Such vast programs of regulation meant it became infeasible for Congress to write the laws entirely by itself, so it created lots of regulators and agencies to do so for it, and then delegated lots of power without much in the way of accountability.
It's sort of the same reason I keep giving for why I like Rust over other languages - sufficient vigilance is very difficult for humans to maintain, and so unexpected catastrophes happen.
I'm optimistic that there are technological solutions for this particular crisis, although I admit I don't know what they will be.
Basically it blames the New Deal and the massive expansion of Congressional ambition that accompanied it. Such vast programs of regulation meant it became infeasible for Congress to write the laws entirely by itself, so it created lots of regulators and agencies to do so for it, and then delegated lots of power without much in the way of accountability.