I know just what you mean and must agree to some extent. However, I sincerely hope it isn’t too late.
If I had my way, no one would be allowed to vote until they passed a basic civics exam and could state the reason for their choices. (I know. Silly dream.)
Hope is always a good thing, and perhaps your's will be fulfilled. At my age I won't live to see a reversal of the current drift toward 2nd or even 3rd world status for America, if by the grace of God it is reversed, but I can and do pray for a brighter future for America and my grandkids.
As a devout Christian I don't believe the US can be saved from eventual collapse into economic and social disaster unless our people return to honoring and worshiping the Christian God of our Founding Fathers. The liberal revisionists who claim that those great men were mostly deists, and even some atheists, who wanted Christian principles and practices totally excluded from the government they created are God-hating liars. Yes, a few of those men were merely deists, and at least one prominent patriot, Paine, was an atheist. But the majority were God-honoring Christian patriots, and some were Christian pastors, Patrick Henry for one example, and that is the verifiable truth. You can read some of the painstakingly researched history of those men compiled by Wallbuilders (http://www.wallbuilders.com/) to get verifiable, factual information about them and their beliefs, much of which is in their own words.
If words on paper have meaning the fact is that the US government was established on Christian principles primarily by God fearing Christian patriots who knew that God only blesses those nations who honor and bless His Son.