The American Experiment: Failed

By now, I would be denying reality if I said that American Experiment was still ongoing.
It's obvious that it has failed, period.
The American Experiment that began over 236 years ago was began by people who wanted small, minimal government.
Yet, it has become the biggest, most over-bloated government in the history of this Earth. 

Unless you believe yourself to be more clever than all the political thinkers and leaders that have existed before you, you're going to have to admit that it's an unsolvable problem in the long run.

So, where does that leave us as individuals?

Assuming that one wants to live,