The problems you describe are real - and scary - but they are not the result of the process. They are the result of ignorant voters.
It may be phyrric to say that the process is working even if that means the country will destroy itself because there are more ignorant folks in the process than there are enlightened folks - but again - that’s the fault of folks and not the process per se. If we are an ignorant nation, then a valid process will yield those results.
I love Charles and everything he writes is worth reading but this is the trap guys like this fall into after spending too much time in D.C. They get so wrapped up in process they lose track of what the goal is.
The process “works”. Well whoppee ding. Let’s throw a party.
If you don’t judge “the process” by what it produces what the hell criteria DO you use to judge it by?