Of course the Constitution worked. The people in charge if it—- us—- let it be corrupted. We had all the power from the day it was written. And we became apathetic. Asleep at the wheel. Until our elected representatives, the ones we were responsible for overseeing and watching and making sure they did their jobs FOR us, wrote themselves blank checks. And reworked the laws to make themselves ‘leaders over us’ and no longer representatives for us.
Of the people, by the people, for the people. Only we became too busy to care and it was easier to let ‘them’ do it.