All human systems deteriorate. I’ve seen it happen in corporate systems and in marriages. The Constitution is not protecting us any longer, as it is easily ignored by your elected representatives, and it certainly does not apply to the executive branch at all levels. Some countries have the option of a military coup to clean out the barn and start all over. We like to feel superior to other countries’ political systems here on this forum, but I think there is little reason for it.
Economically we are headed for Argentina which before WWII was the 4th largest economy on the planet, before sliding into a permanent Third World state under Peron and his successors (Peron II for a while.) Politically we’re going for Zimbabwe or some other African hellhole, which, I’m beginning to suspect, is this post-colonialist’s ideal he’s working to reach.