National identity is composed of countless layers, just like human beings. You cannot isolate one or two factors and understand that narrative. It's not that there is no trust in government, there is diminished trust due to intentional efforts by foreign adversaries like Russia and the oligarchical financing of political hitmen, such as the MAGA dominated GOP. This still exists.

The coals of our national trust of government are easily hot enough to rekindle the flame of American democracy. This is an inherent strain of our resilience. I do enjoy good and intelligent conversation but are you trying to teach a class here that we don't know the name of, because I am fully unaware of what you're trying to get at.

This is not a criticism but an honest question.

You have some interesting examples here Rogelio, but to what purpose. What is the one sentence objective you are trying to convey with this conversation?