I'm gonna start a thread for people to just list their viewpoints on American politics and why it is in turmoil. List what reasons on any subject ( education foreign policy , healthcare , etc . What could be changed and why . ?
Politics will always create turmoil. By design it pits people against each other, all wrestling for the control of the gun, so they can make people do things "their way".
Changing the "leaders" may change things a bit.. for awhile, but it really only masks symptoms and does not address the root causes.
The problem is that politics by its nature uses coercion. Things that are based in coercion can never achieve any lasting peace, it's impossible, since once coercion is part of something, the possibility for peace has been extinguished.
In other words a polished turd is still a turd.