There is no way to get good people in government any more. Most of the well-educated are leftists. Most of the politicians haven't lived in the real world since they were born. There is no way in hell an unknown can be elected even with money and connections.
Rather than talking about fixing things, we ought to be focussed on how to get through the changes being imposed upon us.
The government is no longer run of the people, by the people and for the people. The government bows to special interest groups and we shouldn't have meddled in foreign affairs to the extent we have done.
If the government listened to the people, we wouldn't have gotten into this mess because the American people would have wanted immigration drastically curtailed.
You need to get pissed off at what you are seeing. Then your attitude will change. Sorry for the tough language.
Thank God The Founding Fathers of this country didn't share your opinion. If they had, we would still be singing "Rue Brittania".