Unironically one of the biggest "flaws" in the constitution is that it was written for an era which presumed that men would be violently defensive of their personal standing. It's why the founders could have never imagined congress' steady surrender to the executive.
Sevabiggest surprise from the Lincoln bio I'm reading. The dude just loved to get into fistfights. He's cornered by a gang after beating their leader and yells: “I’m the big buck of this lick!” And they back down! Who knew the great emancipator had a little WWE in him?