Propping up the old guard is rarely good for the common man. It can hold off chaos for a short while, but the longer you do it, the worse things get. It shoul

Propping up the old guard is rarely good for the common man. It can hold off chaos for a short while, but the longer you do it, the worse things get. It should be a means to an end, not an end in itself. I think our country has forgotten how to think long-term. Our constitution was obviously written by long-thinkers. It's remarkably sound. Unfortunately, they expected people would continue to think long-term, and that hasn't happened. They even put in a ton of checks and balances to make sure things got done, and we've systematically overridden them for short-term gains and 'emergencies' that never go away.