[bigstrat2003]

> The fact that a system may become perverted in the next several hundred years doesn't make it not worth using.

I strongly disagree, given that you're also talking about a system which will be difficult to reform at best. At worst, it will require bloodshed (God forbid, but it does happen often enough throughout history). A system that will be that difficult to fix is one that you absolutely cannot afford to trust with more than the bare minimum of power.