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Anon lives on a budget (infosec.pub)

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They'd already failed the experiment before the ink dried: 34 out of 47 founders owned slaves. I guess the natives weren't too equal, either. Oops!

[–] itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago

I mean, I agree, but that's what people mean. And the perception of a thing is (like it or not) often just as important as the reality of the situation when it comes to how people make decisions. I'm not arguing that America was some shining city on a hill, I'm arguing that people perceived it that way. That said, I think the republic was a step in the right direction and the DOI and constitution had some really forward thinking stuff in them. I think several influential Americans really did care about doing the right thing. Nuance can exist