This probably depends on how quickly those "bug patches" can be applied. If quick action is taken and the current trend of rewriting laws to be pro-special-inte

This probably depends on how quickly those "bug patches" can be applied. If quick action is taken and the current trend of rewriting laws to be pro-special-interest (often business) to the detriment of the citizens, there I suspect we might be able to save American Democracy. The cutoff line is, very roughly, "does the middle class still exist". If serious, significant fixes are not applied by then, it will be too late. Not only will we have already lost a lot of what the patches should be intended to protect, it is probably impossible to do anything besides a "rewrite" afterwords. It is hard to get people to support "let's save the OLD system" once everything starts going all Robespierre.