Sorry, I have to agree with him.
Our Founders did not build a system where they could “get away with it” however.
With whom? I have no idea what your point is.
Of course they did. Why do you suppose John Adams said this.
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the governance of any other." October 11, 1798 John Adams
We have not been a moral or religious population for a long time.