Government by Skill or Luck?

New Government Complex. Photo on Unsplash by Gautam Krishnan.

Call them the “Framers” of the Constitution or the “Founding Fathers” of the nation.

To give them their historical due, worship is not necessary, and it might be more realistic to admit they benefitted from a lot of luck. It’s true that the American Revolution struck longer lasting blows for democracy than other contemporary uprisings, but why is open to…