I thought the idea behind the United States was that there wasn't supposed to be a single point of authority big enough to be effectively lobbied by whoever wan

I thought the idea behind the United States was that there wasn't supposed to be a single point of authority big enough to be effectively lobbied by whoever wants to twist the law for their own gains badly enough. If one state failed people could just flock to another one. You'd get redundancy and also competition between governments to keep things sane and efficient. How did you guys manage to ruin that.