I personally believe that our constitution is set up to be as fair as possible to as many people as possible and still retain enough common sence to work while preserving as many freedoms as it can for the individuals of the nation and still preseve the security and posterity of that same nation.

We have a Democracy in the form of a Republic as opposed to a True Democracy.

Unfortunately the moral complacency of the people is slowly eroding the system"s ability to sustain itself.

Mob rule which is what many call a true democracy has never really worked in practice to the benifit of any goven society of a certian size or larger. It works well enough in small groups to a limited extent, but when applied to any body of citizens larger than around 100 people it becomes truely untenable. Which is why even the Athenians themselves relied on the executive powers of a smaller body of government and when that didnt work a tyrant assumed authority.