The Constitution: A Handbook For Bureaucrats

The plain fact which no one seems to ever see is that the Constitution was written for bureaucrats. It wasn't written for you. You are not mentioned. Only bureaucrats and government officials are mentioned. And they are mentioned relentlessly. You are not in there at all. Only government employees, and usually only the ones with tons of power and authority, are mentioned. The Constitution brings them into being and then to some extent explains what they can do. It all just springs into existence as if by magic thanks to the Constitution. It almost is a form of magic. And not the fun kind. It's kind of like black magic: magic that leads not to delight and applause but magic that leads to wars and confiscation and incarceration and conscription and every other form of obedience to people you never met.