Anyone who advocates for making the constitution more amendable should find a group to sit down and play a game of Nomic[1] until completion. It is the fastest way to internalize the meta-strategy around making it easier or more difficult to make amendments. Is there a disconnect between the current political ruleset[constitution] and the way the political game is played? Yes, but probably not for the reasons you think.

1. https://nomic.fandom.com/wiki/Rules