The founders were wrong about a lot of things, they also failed to account for the fact that political parties were naturally going to emerge. Constitution as

The founders were wrong about a lot of things, they also failed to account for the fact that political parties were naturally going to emerge. Constitution as a frame for government worked well if you just want a land owning elite to run things, it works pretty poorly when you want to have a functioning democratic republic. It doesn't account for political parties, the checks and balances are weak and mainly depend on a gentleman's agreement, and a federal legislature that's biased towards land-based apportionment also functions poorly. Political polarization in the US is more potent than elsewhere because our voting system ensures that there are only two parties and that purists take over said parties. A parliamentary system that's reflective of the actual popular vote would be much more functional and responsive to what people actually want out of their government. GOP had a bunch of extremists take over and how they run half of the political system and look to Orban and Fidesz as a model of how to slowly smother democracy in its sleep.