Comment: The Congress of the US  has not been 'delegitimized'; merely bought an paid for.   It has been bought and paid for at least since the election of 1800.  Railroad Barons, Oil Barons, Big Steel, Big Pharma, Wall Street since it was invented; the buyers have changed over the decades, but the business of buying and selling politicians has always been the business of Congress.

"Mr.  Smith Goes to Congress" was  always a fairytale for children.