1. In general, elected politicians are an unimpressive lot who are not qualified to run a convenience store let alone help the nation progress.
2. Politicians are way overrepresented by narcissists who actually NEED to be 'above' the rest of us, and will say and do almost anything to maintain their positions in government.
3. Most politicians could care less about the cohesion of the citizens of the USA, and are conversely more likely to promote conflict in order to advance themselves.
4. Putting a bunch of lawyers in elected office, and having them compete against each other is a horrible idea.
has not been analyzing things deeply enough.
“and having them compete against each other”
I think powerful people and institutions competing with each other is a good thing.