> The assertion of the US' founders is that such rights are inherent to all people, natural rights, and inalienable.
It very obviously wasn't [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States
It very obviously wasn't [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States
It seems like more of an aspirational/marketing meme than anything.
“As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.” -Lincoln