Very good comment. Myself, I see no way out of this, other than the break up of the nation. And even then, there has to be punishment and/or elimination of the corrupt ones, to prevent a re-infection in the remaining non-Communist states. There is no way to clear this sort of infection, other than fire.
Many (me included) thought term limits were the answer, but the problem goes much deeper than who we elect even though that would help. The permanent staff, bureaucracy, and the revolving door is just as corrosive as the politicians we elect and more powerful. It has infected our entire society from K-12, the courts, your city council, state government, and federal government. It has infected everything in our culture and even our churches.
This cancer infecting our nation is widespread and we are the frog in a pot of boiling water. I pray for my children that it can be corrected, but fear you are correct and we have reached the point of irreconcilable differences.
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.” - Samuel Adams