I disagree. The jury is still out. We are still on suicidal trajectory. Obama care is still the law of the land. The budget is on autopilot to spend (at least) $9 trillion more over the next 10 years - then explode.
Not sure if there’s anything to crow about, process wise.
The problems you describe are real - and scary - but they are not the result of the process. They are the result of ignorant voters.
It may be phyrric to say that the process is working even if that means the country will destroy itself because there are more ignorant folks in the process than there are enlightened folks - but again - that’s the fault of folks and not the process per se. If we are an ignorant nation, then a valid process will yield those results.