The last eight or so years has proven that the vast majority of the American system of governance is based on the idea that people have basic amounts of shame a

The last eight or so years has proven that the vast majority of the American system of governance is based on the idea that people have basic amounts of shame and are willing to not do something if they can't do it in good faith, and that such things would be enough to deter malignant parties from being involved in government without the need for explicit laws. Now you have a bunch of sociopaths realizing that, oh, wait, there isn't any reason, legally or technically speaking, that I cannot be involved in government.