It is what makes America what is was, and still is.
Free going society, no papers, no borders, no king's court. The first place that allowed every human that stepped foot on it's soil to really do as they wished and wanted.
The system is perfect. It is the citizenry and electorate who are the problem, as we have all gotten away from what was intended.
Corruption, absolute corruption, on both and all sides, is the main mechanism of infection into our system, a system that was established to avoid exactly that. No different than feudal times, the land owner, the power class, using it's resources and connections to rule or oppress. It is through the system that they establish their power over the citizen.
And, the citizen, all of us, have allowed by apathy, trust, and a selfish desire to pursue personal over "public good" to prevail. And, here we are.