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Amending the Constitution simply is not a matter of "taking the time."

It is about creating sufficient consensus to meet the supermajority requirements.

And, as to things that might be changed by amendment--the Electoral College, the undemocratic nature of the Senate, Presidential powers, for instance--your 70/30 split has nothing to do with it. After all, 30% opposition among the states is enough to defeat an amendment, so you're kind of conceding the game right there. Even considering that the 30% is unevenly distributed, you need only look at the red/blue map to discover that there are more than enough solidly red states to defeat an amendment. And, for that matter, enough blue ones to do the same for any right-wing attempt at amendment.

I honestly can't imagine what you're saying when you say "we haven't taken the time" to amend the Constitution. It just isn't about time in any way, shape, or form.

It's about political will. And the fact that the framers of the Constitution made it wildly difficult to amend the damned thing.

(Just for funzies: The time between the proposal by Congress and the ratification by the states of the 26th Amendment was 100 days. Not exactly a vast stretch of time.)

And none of this has to do with "giving up on improving...rights and freedoms" for "the young." It has to do with the simple math: 2/3 of both houses of Congress and 3/4 of the states.