> authoritarianism has never worked. Neither has democracy, depending on the definition of "worked". Try to narrow it down. > The Constitution was designed to

> authoritarianism has never worked. Neither has democracy, depending on the definition of "worked". Try to narrow it down. > The Constitution was designed to make the US Government as weak as possible That is a premise, not a truism. Every democracy has, in time, given in to an appeal by the masses to (either by dupe or passively) give the government more power until it's not relatively weak.