The values of the Declaration of Independence are profoundly humanitarian: All men are created equal, with inalienable rights (given by God) to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The values of trickle-down neoliberal hyper-capitalistic economics are values-neutral, acknowledging no ethical responsibility to people or planet but only fiduciary responsibility to corporate stockholders. Our generation is confronted by the need to decide between the two.
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Okay, I love 99% of what you have to say here. However, I disagree with you on the “given by God” bit. A number of our founders were deists, including Thomas Jefferson, the author of the consitution. Believing in the “natural rights” philosophy that was popular at the time. 1/?
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Replying to @ComradeHK
It's the words in the Declaration itself:)

Jun 10, 2023 · 11:36 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Thomas Jefferson used the term “Creator”. Creator is an intentionally vague term. Depending on who reads it, it could mean something Secular, Deistic, Abrahamic, or Pantheistic, etc. Tommy J. refers to the rights as “self-evident” and that they’re “endowed by their creator.”
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