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Having a written constitution that's very hard to change reduces the importance of winning the next election and so makes politics less of a blood sport.
Unlike the US, where politics is very much a blood sport, and only the words of the constitution are hard to change.
U.S. politicians don't attempt to kill each other, and the U.S. constitution is hard to change which is why the gay marriage decision was a big deal and occurred only after a massive amount of effort by the best cultural influencers the world has ever known. Considering that the winner of the U.S. presidential election gets to be the most powerful person in the world, our election process is remarkably civilized.