The "form" of our government is still sound. If it wasn't, people who live under other forms of government wouldn't be flocking here and literally beating down our doors to get into this country.
Yes indeed it was meant to be, and must be run by moral and honest citizens....(freedom comes with responsibilities on the part of those who govern and those who are governed).....but just because it hasn't been run by moral and honest citizens at times, that doesn't mean the "form of government itself is flawed, it means that the moral and honest citizens need to educate themselves and choose better representatives AND demand that they represent them honestly and fairly and govern honestly and fairly.......and severely punish those who don't.
The founders put in many safeties to try and prevent the natural course of corrupt human behavior, ie: (checks and balances)
They couldn't and didn't cover them all, but they did a good enough job that they changed the course of thousands of years of history of governance of societies around the world.
Given a choice of any other form of government on the planet to live under, I'll stick with what we have right here in the U.S.A......even though there are many necessary corrections to be made. And anyone who doesn't like our for of government can always find somewhere else to hang their hat. Unlike some other countries where you cannot leave, we can get on a plane or a boat or a car and find somewhere that better suits us.
So in short, our "form" of government IS sound......the people running it just need to be changed and their replacements more thoroughly screened before being given any authority to govern.
