You could say that the distributed system of politics has bad regulation. The regulations constrain the system in such a way to produce two huge opposing parti

You could say that the distributed system of politics has bad regulation. The regulations constrain the system in such a way to produce two huge opposing parties, and encourage corruption of their members. Regulations like the voting system(s) in use, the regulations on who can donate how much to whom, or how corruption and other rule breaking by politicians is investigated and punished (or not punished, as the case may be). And I'm not just talking about the US here - although US politics is a giant dumpster fire in this regard.