by another politician who over time is indistinguishable from the last one It's worse than that. You can replace every politician in Washington DC and you'd s

by another politician who over time is indistinguishable from the last one It's worse than that. You can replace every politician in Washington DC and you'd still be left with a massive bureaucracy of unelected officials who will go right on doing what they're doing, oblivious to the needs of the voting public. Their numbers are legion, they have a great deal of power, and they are entrenched beyond comprehension.