• Omega@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    That is true. While the proclaimed rights and values held true, America has failed to uphold those values from the very beginning.

    However, there have also been people from the very beginning who have fought for those values. Columbus was seen as savage by his fellows, slavery has never had unanimously accepted, indigenous people weren’t seen as pests to all.

    Even the land owning part was contentious, which is why they left it up to the states to determine.