The Free Nation Founding Fathers anticipated that government would gain a self-awareness and seek its own increase.
They did not anticipate that a professional political class would gain control of Congress by exploiting the loopholes of term limits and repetitiv.
They were used to a slow communication process with time for common sense to rise to the top in public discourse.
They had assumed the "checks and balances" would limit this expansion of the power of the State over the Individual.
The Free Nation Founding Fathers anticipated that government would gain a self-awareness and seek its own increase