Sounds like the end of popular sovereignty to me, if such a thing ever existed.
Since I don’t like it, why don’t you, the government, get the hell out of my country then?
Update:Â Only 19% of Americans still have any trust or respect for the mainstream media, and all other U.S. institutions are being rejected as well.
Update II: 44% not proud to be American. (This mostly reflects contempt for government rather than all of society, I’d bet.)