Higher ups screwed up

First hand knowledge of how screwed up this country is. I just finished 4 years in the us army and my leaders were nothing but cowards, hypocrites, racists and just overall incompetent people who did not in any way shape or form deserve the power they had. So I put two and two together and realized that everyone in power is probably the same way. We're all human, destined to make mistakes, but once we get that power all logical thinking and common sense leaves us. It's actually pretty scary in the big scheme of things. I was in one army support unit, I don't want to know how much worse it gets the higher up it gets. Disturbing to say the least.