I wonder to what extent governance itself becomes a myth at mega-nation scales. The system may behave as if governed, but if it decides not to could anyone stop it?
I would agree, that is why we were setup to have power distributed not just in 3 branches, but 50 states, and the people themselves.
The more consolidated the power becomes the less we the people are able to govern ourselves.
The presidential elections should be the least important in any time we are not at war, but it seems now everyone looks to not only the Federal government, not one branch and one person in one branch of the federal government to fix all the nations problems.
"The President" has become a title of nobility, which is a sad place to find ourselves.