There are many universal standards for a government not serving its people. Literally uncountably many. So yes, you're technically right that there is no one standard.

I don't mean to trivialize anything. But government starts with the consent of the governed. It's cool, sort of, that you feel you consent to this. But I don't. It's not that it isn't good enough soon enough, it's that we reward treacherous behavior so the system is never going to work for the people.