Country’s not lost. Consider the millions of bright minds who would be leading the nation right now if Jarrett/Holder hadn’t specifically excluded them from public service for 8 whole years, or, 50% of the most productive time of their lives.
Not yet, but it's founding principles are long gone (a substantial part of our jurisprudence was made up out of thin air by SCOTUS - and that is not the only substantial deviation), and with universal suffrage, there is no way to reverse course.
Don't get me wrong. I'm pleased that Trump won. But the fact that Hillary was even a candidate, and the fact that Obama won, twice, is evidence of the ultimate destiny that universal suffrage has in store.