I think it is naive to think that politicians are "servants". If you take a critical look at it, politicians don't "represent" you in the same way I would "repr

I think it is naive to think that politicians are "servants". If you take a critical look at it, politicians don't "represent" you in the same way I would "represent" you when you hand me $5 to go down to the corner store and get a soda. See here for more details, The Indefensibility of Political Representation : http://mises.org/daily/3383 http://mises.org/daily/3383 I actually agree with the OP in a minor way, that "there are also really good reasons why it lasted 300 years", but has the US government lasted ~250 years in anything near the same form? No, it started much closer to an anarchic Hanseatic League. Some days now, it looks more like Communist China. The way "the code" is written leads to continual aggrandizement of power. If it is really true that "Elections and the regular change of power allows governments to be wrong and adapt.", why not have elections every 6 months? There isn't enough value in the average person fighting the legislation which affects their lives in minor ways relative to that obtained by lobbying interests.