Shannon, what will really blow your mind is when you see this: the system is NOT broken, our system is working exactly the way it was set up to work. The upper moneyed class grinds the working class beneath its very expensive and fashionable boots (while depending on them to do their grocery shopping for them).
Ask yourself how much money Nancy Pelosi has. Mark Warner. Dianne Feinstein. And of course Mitch McConnell and Ron Johnson.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_wealth
People refusing to acknowledge or engage with any dissenting opinions, even gentle ones like yours...this is a problem. A very serious problem.