If you expect any society to be completely free from bad people, you're living in a dream world. The constitution recognizes this and attempts to correct for it. The better question is: what is everyone going to do when the people have become so corrupt, that the checks and balances don't mean anything any more?
Some amazing words on a piece of paper aren't going to be enough.
This is a point a lot of conservatives, especially of the libertarian variant, struggle with.
Liberty is meant only for good moral men not for everyone.
If you expect any society to be completely free from bad people, you're living in a dream world. The constitution recognizes this and attempts to correct for it. The better question is: what is everyone going to do when the people have become so corrupt, that the checks and balances don't mean anything any more? Some amazing words on a piece of paper aren't going to be enough.
Bro it’s FUBAR