Here is Chris Marschner’s macro-analysis of the forces leading to Robert E. Lee’s head being melted down. Read it: his Comment of the Day connects dots you may not have considered, as he reacts to the post, “The Unalterable Ethics Alarms Position: Robert E. Lee Was A Complex And Important American Who Deserves Public Recognition, And Destroying His Statues Is Unethical And Foolish”:

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I believe this mentality is why so many want to do away with the electoral college and rely on majoritarian rule.

These people have no understanding that the United States is comprised of 50 sovereign states that have joined together as a group for the benefit of all members in that group.

Had majoritarian rule been the case from the country’s inception there might have been no civil war and blacks would still be treated as 2nd class citizens. The whole concept of America as a melting pot might be reserved only to the degree that Europeans would be allowed entrance Our republic preserves minority rights that majoritarian rule will not.

Majoritarian rule creates the impetus for factionalized insurgencies to emerge against the rule makers. Which is why the Middle East is always fighting among themselves for centuries. Every faction wants autonomy to set rules for themselves and others.

Far too many of our citizens have such limited understanding of our history because they are taught to analyze events by hearing talking points and sound bites.

These ignorant citizens have no understanding that a man or woman born in time where people had little understanding of a national psyche would see their first allegiance would be to their state. They cannot fathom that Lee, who was born only 35 years after we declared our independence and only 18 years after the ratification of the Constitution, could be torn between the fledgling union and the soil of his birth.

We should be demanding that these statue topplers defend their rationale and be willing to castigate the African kings who sold their people into slavery. We should be asking why they are not protesting the ongoing slave trade in Asia and Africa. If they are unwilling to do the most basic of work to understand the issues then we have no obligation to give their opinions credence.

The vast majority of people living in the US in the early years of our country were woefully ignorant about political issues. If providence prevailed at all it was because the leadership then was focused on issues and not on gaining power to enhance their wealth. That is not so today

The people then understood principles related to personal choices and responsibilities. They understood government was needed but not to the extent that it ruled them. These citizens would have never allowed the ratification of the Constitution if they believed that the populations of the more populous states would dominate and rule over their smaller states.

Today’s ignorant populace believes majorities should rule yet fail to comprehend the real potential for tyranny of the majority. This naivete is due to the unrestrained growth of federal authority. States have abdicated their responsibilities to their citizens because they have grown fat and lazy by the suckling on the teat of the federal budget. It is no wonder that so many do not understand why we have a republic and not a democracy.