Nobody claimed it's helping or hurting. The debate is over what constitutes a constitution, whether good or bad. There have been great governments without a constitution and terrible governments with one. "You don't have a constitution" does not mean "your government sucks", but it seems somehow people take it as such.

> If you don't see the value of laws being written down - especially the most important ones! - I can't really convince you of it here on HN.

It's a shame you can't really explain it. It's ineffable, isn't it.

"I like scrambled eggs."

"I do too, but the way Trump is behaving, pretty soon it will be illegal to ..."

Pretty soon you won't be able to afford eggs.