Is an unamendable constitution undemocratic?

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Question: Is an unamendable constitution undemocratic?
Position1 of 3›: Yes, an unamendable constitution is undemocratic
Argument‹4 of 4: Generates apathy

Reducing constituents' democratic powers generates apathy and reduced democratic participation.

The argument

If citizens cannot modify and amend any and all of society’s principal values as they see fit, there is a reduced incentive to participate in the democratic process. Healthy public debate is replaced by apathy and indifference and society becomes democratically and intellectually impoverished.

Context

Having aspects of a societies’ legislative and social values of limits generates apathy among the electorate and leads to decreased democratic participation.

Premises

[P1]If citizens cannot modify and amend their society's principal values as they see fit, they have reduced incentive to participate in the democratic process. [P2] Healthy public debate is then replaced by apathy and indifference, leaving society democratically and intellectually impoverished. [C] Because it generates apathy and stifles participation, an unamendable constitution is undemocratic.

Counter-arguments

This generally isn’t true. The mere fact that some constitutional elements are unamendable makes them the target of intense public debate. The fact that all Americans are guaranteed the right to bear arms is guaranteed in its unamendable constitution (the extent to which the US Constitution is unamendable is contentious yet beyond the scope of this question) has not meant that discussions surrounding gun rights have vanished and the population has become indifferent. The opposite has occurred. Public debate intensifies and the constitutional element becomes a focal point.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P2] Unamendable provisions in constitutions become the focal point of democratic debate, not a source of apathy.