The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution should be renamed the Declarations of Democratic Oppression. Ethnocentrism and oppression were legalized for rich, white, Anglo-Saxon males. Freed from British tyranny so American tyranny could run wild; women could not vote so they were second-class citizens; the poor could not vote because they had no property; and, of course, Indians and Blacks were hardly human.
Even today, though women can vote, they still are not treated as fully equal. In 2017, the poor are grudgingly given welfare and charity but seldom justice, regarded as defective, inferior. Blacks, Asians, Mexicans and Indians are second-class citizens, often despised.
Freedom to oppress is not consistent with all are created equal. The majority of white males do not see this deep contradiction or if they do, they do not care.
Without specific laws/amendments to protect the poor, women, all ethnic minorities, the Declaration and Constitution create the freedom to oppress.
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