Strawman. I never claimed or suggested what are you asserting. The design appears to be working well looking over the 240 years since the US' Constitution was

Strawman. I never claimed or suggested what are you asserting. The design appears to be working well looking over the 240 years since the US' Constitution was ratified. A broad consensus of the states, _not of the people in the US as a whole_, is required to effect large scale, national changes.