The problem is that these things are designed to stay on indefinitely, once ratified. Also, it builds on the most debilitating feature of government: There are

The problem is that these things are designed to stay on indefinitely, once ratified. Also, it builds on the most debilitating feature of government: There are only ever things added to it, almost never subtracted. The only realistic ways of achieving large scale government reform seem to be revolution (not necessarily bloody revolution) and losing a major war. But those come with their own downsides.