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.
