Those that reach a belief based on emotion and mysticism instead of facts and reason have no means of controlling others that think so they resort to lies and coercion. The founders were mostly Deists and Christians but they tried to create a Republic based on individual rights as its moral premise. The Federalist Papers were teaching instruments that were drafted to appeal to the literate, effective public and as long as attention was given to the core principles, in depth, the system was safe. When reduced to slogans and political talking points, every principle could be skewed by a clever mind to enhance their concept of what was in the best interest of the majority in order to get votes and the individual be damned.
We have been deceived and lied to so many times, it is no wonder that we do not accept anything as being the truth. We are focused on countering arguments that are not fact based and trying to use logic against a foe that has no concept of truth and does not use reason. Our arrows fly into a pillow and not a feather is damaged. They appeal to emotion and set us against each other to deflect us away from them. They are scared to death of January 6 because they know they skipped by the graveyard once but it might not be the same next time. There were outside instigators and some manipulation of the mob that day but the majority were there to express their displeasure without doing any harm. A leader that could channel their displeasure to serious action will eventually appear and the jig will be up.