In a college class I took, a few of us freedom minded guys were discussing a few of the presidential candidates. Hillary Clinton was brought up and the person I was sitting next to quickly dismissed her. Then a black fellow (who isn't exactly known for his intelligence) immediately turns to him and asks, "You don't want a female to be president?"
Now in any other circle this would have been considered funny sarcasm. But to him, this shining example of our grand democracy, it was a valid point. In his mind, Not wanting to vote for a particular woman = not wanting to vote for any woman.
Regarding the American Constitution, I think it's safe to say the experiment failed. It seems to me that the tremendous amount of freedom created from the age of enlightenment provided the taxable wealth necessary for the smallest conceivable government ever created to grow into the most powerful, most debt ridden, all around fattest government that has ever existed with more laws than any other nation before it. But if we just get a few more laws passed it will be perfect!
No I think that from an objective point of view, writing some arbitrary rules on a piece of paper and threatening to imprison anyone who breaks one is not the most rational way that a society could be run. Utopia is one thing, but failing to learn from past is another.