<You believe that 'bodies' make decisions, I don't>
The Constitution explicitly created a system where decisions were made by 'bodies'. Sometimes, several 'bodies'. And, in particular, the decision to send soldiers to war, was too important to be made by any one individual. That's what the document says, and that's the way it was done, for the first 150 years of our Republic.
The alternative way of decision-making, you're right, is much more common. In most organizations, (from the local PTA to private businesses to most governments) there ends up being a very small group, or commonly just one person, who ends up making all important decisions, holding most of the authority and responsibility. Everyone else goes along, passively, until the leader screws up, and then a new leader is chosen. There is a name for this method of governing: the Fuhrer Principle.
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