You know this is actually a good point.

It made me reflect quite a bit and there is something really strange and somewhat spooky about America…

For example, how does the government and administrative apparatus even function since they are staffed by a cross section of the very same society?

By all theory Washington given the much higher density of deceivers, intriguers, scoundrels, etc., than even a typical American city… should pretty much immediately grind to a halt.