Looking at the world today, you are right about the Constitution having flaws, otherwise we wouldn't be in this position. One of those flaws being that the checks and balances system has not been working effectively, it seems what Bushie want, Bushie get, and he acts like a 17 year old valley girl without a credit limit with taxpayers dollars. I can see the problem, the lawmakers believe they are above the laws they themselves make, some of them feel as if what they are doing does infact benifit the country, and some of them are just as ignorant as some regular American citizens, oblivious to all the corruption right under their noses, they just happen to be lucky enough to fill that spot in the House for their local district and enjoy a reasonably high annual pay for their 'troubles'... I agree with you that the Constitution is not 100% flawless, no doubt about it, however, I like I said, it is by far the best system of governance humanity has come up with yet. I am not oppose to changing the way we do things if a new, better system came about.
As for the questions;
- I believe 'perfect' is a subjective opinion, perfect for me won't be perfect for you, so no, we can not have a 'perfect system of governance'. We can however have VERY FUCKING GOOD systems, if said system holds certain values true, like accountability, responsibility, credibility, honesty, etc... under all circumstances, no matter who writes laws, enforces those laws, executes those laws, or abides by them.
- Most people don't care how the government works. They go through high school taking classes like American History and World Cultures, but find no interest what so ever in the subject, they have no motivation to learn or study it when they enter the real world, so that little boring taste is all they ever know. Some people go their whole lives just scratching the surface of how this huge subject affects their lives in so many different ways, they never divulge deep enough to get enticed, so when the country is viewed as this amazing place that upholds all the laws where freedom is at every doorstep and people have more money than they know what to do with, and then the guy in the crowd who stands up and speaks out against it, detailing all it's flaws and telling people that it isn't perfect, and it isn't great, and everything they think they know to be true is false, even providing reasonable logical solutions to move forward and make it better for everyone, the majority of those people who don't have any knowlege on the subject take it as an attack against their country, an attack against their president, instead of what it actually is, a reasonable solution to solving the problem. People need to get over so much political correctness and keep quiet and be respectful just because the person in power holds the position. Any position that demands respect isn't worthy of it. I think the most perfect system that we can ever hope for is one that is constantly changing and improving. A static system gets stagnant and people change over time, the way in which those people are governed should change accordingly.
- Simplifying the language within the Constitution itself would probably increase public interest in it, and make it easier to understand for the average person, because lets be honest, your average person isn't that bright. But I think a lot of what simplifying the document should consist of should be geared towards making it so the kids learning it understand it, and the importance of it, instead of just memorize it, take a test on it, then move to the next subject... I distinctly remember learning the system of governance in my highschool, and this is coming from a person who had no interest in politics/government in highschool, then on my own found it to be one of the most fascinating subjects available, so obviously the education way of teaching the subject is FLAWED BIG FUCKIN' TIME... now just think of the potential amount of people who would have become important figures in the political world if only they had been shown how interesting it can be before they left highschool... Also, take a look at the amount of people who know little to nothing about the subject, and are content about it. Is that the goal of teaching politics/government? Have a bunch of kids pass the class but 1 out of 100 go on with any slight interest in it at all? Another obvious flaw... I believe there is a lot of word play in the document itself, it's just that most people don't understand exactly what some things state, they may think it means one thing when it actually means another, they don't want to look up exactly what, they may not have a dictionary on hand or whatever, they just skip over it and move on, so simplifying the actual text could potentially have benifits to the American population, but there's the interest problem again, it's hard to get someone to read something 1 page long, let alone the fucking United States Constitution if they have no interest in it...
If the government in question holds certain values true, no matter what, then I believe we could possibly have a completely just government.