> The United States has the longest running form of government, I'd say it was architected pretty well. The Constitution is a good guide for setting up a system

> The United States has the longest running form of government, I'd say it was architected pretty well. The Constitution is a good guide for setting up a system that allows depressurization. The US Civil War (1861-1865) called, it would like to have a discussion about "depressurization." The founding writings are fine examples of political philosophy, but the government that we have today in any western liberal democracy would be alien to those authors. The United States today has a government informed by its constitution of 230 years ago, but it is equally informed by a long history of profound social change and (at times) bloodshed. The document of the 1780s can inspire, but there are better models to imitate if need be.