The default condition of human beings from the beginning of time until 1787 was complete fealty to a greater authority. In various orders, there were kings, pharaohs, chiefs, warlords, princes, solons, emperors, senators, popes, sultans, viziers, and mullahs. Then, as mentioned, 1787 came along, and a government of the people, by the people, and for the people appeared on the earth. This form of government, equipped with a mechanism to improve and redress injustices, created the greatest prosperity the world had ever seen. It was a beacon to the world, and much of the world rushed to create similar constitutions and systems of governance. Some were successful, some less so. Even with the shining American example, some people elsewhere allowed themselves to become slaves of all-powerful parties, central committees, and dictators, leading to the deaths of more than 100 million people. The unprecedented level of human freedom in America, however, …