Good read.
They would discover a society completely dominated by the federal government, totally at odds with the weak central state they envisioned. They would find the people over-taxed, over-regulated, and far too dependent on government in every sphere of human activity. They would find most Americans woefully ignorant about our own history and Constitution, despite the prevalence of college degrees. Worst of all, they would find an attitude of complacency and subservience toward government, a mindset of accepting whatever Washington hands down. Woeful ignorance, indeed.
Although, I'm inclined to say, it's deliberate ignorance that is born of apathy. People simply don't care. "Let the government take care of it", people say. Or, "There should be a law...". People don't understand that we have to keep the government under the governance of the people. The people have to govern the government, so to speak.
All in all, a damn good article. I wish I had written it.