You can determine that an issue is systemic when any solution would require major changes all through society. Other classes of issues include "budgetary", "po

You can determine that an issue is systemic when any solution would require major changes all through society. Other classes of issues include "budgetary", "political", "legal", and "personnel". The way you approach each class is different. Although most issues that cross a public official's desk are not systemic, the most publicly debated ones are. That may explain your semantic fatigue around the word.