It's not something that too many people like to think about, but the far Left may be on to something when they claim that the Constitution was a document that could only apply to the Founders. That they carefully fashioned a system which would protect their way of life and reflect their mode of thinking. It's becoming more and more apparent that Aristotle was right--most humans prefer to grumble in slavery. Proof of that would be the fact that our Constitutional Republic barely outlasted Washington's term.
And alternative forms of authoritarianism have been the norm in human history. But, I know that the libertarian-minded break out into hives whenever the culture thing rears it's ugly head.....