Th Founding Fathers made several assumptions about future politicians that were unfortunately unrealistic in hindsight. First, that the world wouldn't evolve to a point where being a politician could become a full time job for life. They were all farmers, land owners, businessmen, military leaders, inventors, etc. And it took weeks to take a carriage to hold a Congress, debate some stuff, and then go home to tend to their real jobs. They didn't envision that Philadelphia (later DC) would become the nexus for people wielding power over a continent that can be enacted seconds from when the decisions are made.

They also envisioned that personal or group ambitions would keep each other in check. Separation of powers was designed with the assumption that the President would want to keep power away from Congress and the Court, Congress would want to keep power from the President and Court, and the Court would want to keep power from the President and Congress. In addition to individuals Congressmen and Presidents wanting to amass personal power, which others wanting to do the same thing would try to stymie them. Gridlock was supposed to be a feature built into the system.

In that same vein, they also didn't picture the idea of States no longer being separate political and cultural bodies to be something that would or could happen. They saw Virginians as Virginians, New Yorkers and New Yorkers, etc and imagined that the representatives from the several States would always seem themselves a citizens of their State first and foremost. They didn't picture all of them deciding that they were actually one big group of elites, and the people of all the States were equally all of their enemies. We can thank the tyrant Lincoln for destroying the idea of State identity and sovereignty.

Lastly, and most simply, many of them were just better men then the stock we have around now. Religion was an intrinsic part of their lives, yes that includes all the so called deists and agnostics that many of the Founding Fathers have now been retconned into being. The idea of personal honor, moral fiber, a Higher Authority holding them accountable, were all things that were part of life for them. And even for the elite back then, life was still hard. The wealthy Virginian plantation owner was still shitting outside in the cold like the rest of the population. No running water, no electricity, no antibiotics, no artificial heat or cold, and so on. Life was brutal and involved a lot of manual labor and pain no matter how rich you were. That sort of life breeds an appreciation for hard work, personal reward for personal risk and expenditure, a respect for nature and fellow man. Our politician class is composed almost entirely of Ivy League socialites from old money families with connections who haven't been exposed to hardship a day in their lives. It's one of the things they hate about Trump so much. Being sent to military school, having to make or break himself in the world of business, never having been part of the Harvard or Yale clubs, etc. He's had to work, fail, been screamed at by superiors and all the rest. Still unimageable luxury compared to the rest of us, but he's downright plebian in the eyes of the Harvard and Yale types.

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams

The modern US is neither of those things. The system must break down.

Th Founding Fathers made several assumptions about future politicians that were unfortunately unrealistic in hindsight. First, that the world wouldn't evolve to a point where being a politician could become a full time job for life. They were all farmers, land owners, businessmen, military leaders, inventors, etc. And it took weeks to take a carriage to hold a Congress, debate some stuff, and then go home to tend to their real jobs. They didn't envision that Philadelphia (later DC) would become the nexus for people wielding power over a continent that can be enacted seconds from when the decisions are made.

They also envisioned that personal or group ambitions would keep each other in check. Separation of powers was designed with the assumption that the President would want to keep power away from Congress and the Court, Congress would want to keep power from the President and Court, and the Court would want to keep power from the President and Congress. In addition to individuals Congressmen and Presidents wanting to amass personal power, which others wanting to do the same thing would try to stymie them. Gridlock was supposed to be a feature built into the system.

In that same vein, they also didn't picture the idea of States no longer being separate political and cultural bodies to be something that would or could happen. They saw Virginians as Virginians, New Yorkers and New Yorkers, etc and imagined that the representatives from the several States would always seem themselves a citizens of their State first and foremost. They didn't picture all of them deciding that they were actually one big group of elites, and the people of all the States were equally all of their enemies. We can thank the tyrant Lincoln for destroying the idea of State identity and sovereignty.

Lastly, and most simply, many of them were just better men then the stock we have around now. Religion was an intrinsic part of their lives, yes that includes all the so called deists and agnostics that many of the Founding Fathers have now been retconned into being. The idea of personal honor, moral fiber, a Higher Authority holding them accountable, were all things that were part of life for them. And even for the elite back then, life was still hard. The wealthy Virginian plantation owner was still shitting outside in the cold like the rest of the population. No running water, no electricity, no antibiotics, no artificial heat or cold, and so on. Life was brutal and involved a lot of manual labor and pain no matter how rich you were. That sort of life breeds an appreciation for hard work, personal reward for personal risk and expenditure, a respect for nature and fellow man. Our politician class is composed almost entirely of Ivy League socialites from old money families with connections who haven't been exposed to hardship a day in their lives. It's one of the things they hate about Trump so much. Being sent to military school, having to make or break himself in the world of business, never having been part of the Harvard or Yale clubs, etc. He's had to work, fail, been screamed at by superiors and all the rest. Still unimageable luxury compared to the rest of us, but he's downright plebian in the eyes of the Harvard and Yale types.