Solution #1: A King and a Theocracy
Who would be our royal family? Bush? Clinton? Rockefeller? Kennedy?
What would be our state religion? Catholicism? Mormonism? Some branch of the Lutheran or Southern Baptist faiths? Should we allow religious toleration, or should everyone be forced to convert?
Solution #2: A Military Dictatorship
That's the Roman solution. How would we determine the succession when our emperor dies or is overthrown? That was the biggest problem with the Roman Empire. What rights will we still allow the people to possess?
Solution #3: The Dissolution of the Union
As Lincoln pointed out in his first inaugural address, the proper method would be to amend the Constitution to allow it. Any other method would be an insurrection, and we learned during the Civil War just how far the federal entity would go to preserve the Union, even against the wishes of its people.
If we are no longer capable of self-government, what choices do you see?
I think our present U.S. Constitution is just fine, actually.
In looking at the last few amendments, going back to the middle of the last century, I can’t see anything real fundamental that has changed with the U.S. Constitution. If the Constitution hasn’t gone through any radical changes in the last 65 years or so, then where are these problems we’re having right now coming from?
Basically, if it’s not the Constitution (and like I said, nothing major has changed with it in that time period) ... Then it’s coming from “the people” themselves. “The people” are the real problem, and no Constitution can cure them. The people have to cure themselves ... and that will take some time and effort.
SO ... do we go with #1, 2, or 3 ... nope. We go with the same US Constitution which hasn’t fundamentally changed, and we work on changing “the people”.
The problem is with the people.