well it was put together at the end of the 1700s, by the kind of guys rich enough to take a summer off to go argue with their peers over the details. The whole thing was designed take democratic input without actually having to be beholden to public sentiment. They were pretty open about that fact, it’s all over their correspondences and publications.

Obviously all these years latter it’s not quite the same beast they bred, but it still has the same basic shape and function.

you can fix the online problems with a USB-to-ethernet adapter on the dock