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 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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The balance to which you refer is between honoring individual liberty, and a concern for the common good. Both matter equally. But individual liberty becomes mere license if it neglects all ethical consideration, harming the common good.
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