It is the 17th of September 1787, a monumental day in American history.

Drafted in secret by delegates to the Constitutional Convention during the summer of 1787, this four-page document, the Constitution has been signed, establishing the government of the United States.

So, why was it drafted in secret in a country that is claiming democracy as its founding principle?

The answer lies in who drafted it, who it is going serve.

All empires are built on greed.

All empires fall, the list is long and global, Rome, Persia, Britain, and now America.

That is a truism we all accept and then we are given the myriad reasons how and why they fell.

The fall represents the failure of the system.

It overextended, debt, military defeat.

Rise of competitor, cataclysmic natural disasters, etc.

Yet, one thing that is always ignored is the role of the human element in the Fall.

The reason is counter intuitive.

The Fall begins just as the Empire reaches its zenith, thinks it is unchallengeable and will last forever.

In their hubris, feeling untouchable, the Fall accelerates when the elite stop pretending that its system was anything but what you see.

All the fine words about civilization, the purported ideals it stands for, the ostensible moral virtues that underpinned its bloody actions, are shown to be merely tools to bind and exploit.