Ahh, I see. You have faith in "the better angels of our nature."
I, on the other hand, believe in evidence. And the evidence is...we are a shithole country. Our dominant ethos is a blend of "cruel, vindictive, and hateful," and "just fine with cruel, vindictive, and hateful." There are good people in this country. We are hopelessly outnumbered, and evil wins. It always does.
We are the country of slavery, genocide, lynchings, Jim Crow, attacking trans people, going backwards on acknowledging that gay people can exist, etc. We have never even fully acknowledged that those ARE sins, much less sought forgiveness and reconciliation for them. FFS, we're trying (and succeeding) to outlaw even mentioning them in education.
Your faith in this country and the people in it is entirely misplaced, and you are setting yourself up for even more disappointment. This country is beyond redemption, which works out well because it is also not worthy of redemption.