Agreed. That is my concern. There are those out there pushing for Article V thinking that is going to fix the problems - or that is the rationale they are using to get people to buy into the idea. The reality is that they want to trash our Constitution. So, as long as we are in our current state of affairs, as you so well described, Article V is a non starter.

We must take back our states. All politics are local and that is where we must make our stand. If we can clean up our states, then all we have to do is refuse to play the Federal game. Only then can Article V even be contemplated. Then we can work on dismantling the Federal beast. But, we must stop their agenda moving forward on our local levels first. Most people do not even realize how far along all the UN sustainable development agendas have progressed just in their local communities already. They are moving in lockstep all over the world and those nooses are getting ready to strangle us. God help us.