I don't think there is much of an argument that many institutions in the West appear broken and corrupt.

Maybe institutions have always been this way... I don't know. It seems to happen like this: a person or group comes along with a new idea or a vision. It catches on. It becomes institutionalized and then come the parasitic bureaucrats taking control of the organization.

If the original vision was good, it sustains the parasites for a time but eventually the organization succumbs. Rinse and repeat.