This government is all those things. No doubt about it.
Constitutional republican self-government as envisioned by our Founders was not any of those things, though. Their intent has been perverted.
Rotten to the core. Both parties.
That is for sure.
But as government got bigger and bigger, the temptations grew. Now, the money and power is too much and it seems that almost all who go into government are quickly corrupted.
We would need to cut the federal budget 50% (at least) to even begin putting this genie back in the bottle.