Thank goodness we don't have a COO and a corporate structure. Corporations have specific and absolute missions, usually starting with making a profit for the s

Thank goodness we don't have a COO and a corporate structure. Corporations have specific and absolute missions, usually starting with making a profit for the shareholders. However, countries generally don't have such specific missions but instead strive to provide an environment for their citizens to pursue their own goals, usually prosperity and health and happiness but not necessarily dictated by the state. We usually don't think of corporate C-level leadership as being there to referee among many competing and disparate elements in the corporation. They are there to set direction, give orders, and generally keep the corporate body on track and working together toward a common goal. In wartime, countries like the U.S. have come close to that type of effort, but otherwise it's every man and woman for themselves, free to set their own goals. So, yes, the U.S. is by its nature ungovernable. It's remarkable that it has as much functional government as it does.