On the nature of men and what to do about it

Barnhardt is in the firm opinion that this Republic of ours is deader than hell.

With that in mind, I'd like to share something in memory, which those of you who actually read this blog, may deem worthy of consideration.  Since it is from memory, and I haven't the inclination to look it up, it may have some inaccuracies in it.  But the gist of it is likely more correct than not.

It goes like this:  If men were angels, government would not be necessary.  If angels governed men, there would be a perfect government.  Since men are imperfect and are obliged to govern other imperfect men, the best government would be the government that could control men; and whereas governments are necessary to govern imperfect men, it is also necessary to have that same government be able to control itself.

That is probably why the Framers of the Constitution of the United States felt it necessary to divide government against itself into a system of checks and balances.  As long as those checks and balances were operational, we had the best government that could be expected from the wisdom of men.

It seems to me that this is no longer the case.  That is to say, the checks and balances are not checking and balancing anymore.  This government is no longer the best that could be expected from the wisdom of men, and is now out of control.  I don't know if that means that I agree with Miss Barnhardt, only that this appears to me to be the case right now.

In other words, what we may have here is the ending of a drama which is going to be played out into the immediate future.  Either this government gets itself back into control, or the Republic is truly dead.  The leaders of this country will have "crossed the Rubicon" if they fail.

My question is whether or not it is still possible for it to be brought back into control.  Obviously, she doesn't think so.