Did all citizens benefit from this "stable political status quo" or only "some" citizens?
All citizens benefited, as did many noncitizens, but some benefited a lot more than others.
The paperwork that founded this absolutely amazing country specified that ALL citizens
Whoa there.
That paperwork was selective about who was actually a citizen, and any definition of citizen which doesn't include the right to vote in an alleged democracy including republics is absolute repugnant horseshit. Let us not pretend there was some golden age when America kept all of its promises.
Your stable status quo was completely unacceptable.
I agree with you.
It is better that everything be torn down than try to continue the charade.
I don't agree with this on two levels, both directly and indirectly. Directly, no, something better could come out of the status quo with less suffering than this not just has caused, but would continue to cause even if it were stopped from doing deliberate harm today. Indirectly, no, I don't think we can reasonably expect to get something better than we had out of what is happening now.
To wit, this regime's actions are harming not only our present, but also our future. We could have had a revolution that didn't threaten our actual existence by turning our last allies against us for allowing this to happen.
I agree with every other part of your comment, but celebrating tearing it all down because you think that's the best way in which we could have proceeded is some selfish asshole shit.