Just because the government as a whole can't build bridges or a health care web portal or do whatever else would demonstrate the sort of control you are implyin

Just because the government as a whole can't build bridges or a health care web portal or do whatever else would demonstrate the sort of control you are implying, doesn't mean that specific actors within the triumvirate of the executive branch, legislative branch and media don't very much control the acceptable window of social and political discourse. That sort of control is no illusion. Also, I think that what the sibling comment says about resource scarcity is certainly a more reasonable justification for why there is relatively little internal strife in the US compared to other countries. What makes "citizens" or all American residents any better people than the residents of any other country?