The United States Constitution permits the competing interests of the people, the states, and elites to strive for supremacy without succeeding exclusively.
United States Government: Dysfunction as Proper Function of Government
"Democracy is a failure", Italian dictator Benito "Il Duce" Mussolini once boasted, all while bragging about the ruthless efficiency of his fascist government, which finally got the trains in his native Italy to move on time. In a similar vein, many partisans on the left and the right are sounding off against the gridlock which is seizing up any meaningful progress in the United States Federal Government.
