"In November the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, a watchdog group, added the U.S. to its list of backsliding democracies." -- Elizabeth Kolbert.
A study of social mobility ranked America as 27th in the world.
"All men are created equal" is a fiction. Obviously each person is different. No Creator has given us unalienable rights. Jesus did not give us the right to bear arms. But invented claims seem to be needed to unify us and give us the ability to work together.
Over the next few years we will be faced with a choice. We can support Fascism or--most likely--a slightly modified status quo, which is a mixture of caste system with some democracy. That's an easy call. But what makes antifascism an easy call?
The best I can come up with is that we are, like many mammals, hard-wired for empathy, which connects us to family. "All people are created equal," although not true, gives empathy a more useful reach. We can cooperate.
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