Dysfunction

New York State's politics, sometimes abbreviated to "Albany," is often referred to as "dysfunctional." "Albany is dysfunctional."

I normally take issue with this statement. When most people say the process is dysfunctional, what they mean is that the process doesn't give them what they want. Because what they want must be right, there must be something wrong with a process that doesn't give the "right" results, which is to say what they want.

If nothing else, the goings-on in the Senate are finally an example of dysfunction in the literal sense.

Look here:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dysfunction

I'd say this all qualifies.

I was fascinated at first....The longer this goes on, though, the more it ceases to be fascinating and becomes simply depressing.