“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”—Declaration of Independence

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”—Declaration of Independence

No, our Founders were not totally consistent with the above principle, and frankly, America never has been. But to understand their failings in the matter, we must comprehend the age in which they lived, the “zeitgeist” they grew up in. Very, very few Americans today understand it, and the hypocritical Left condemns our Founders for it. This column aims to show the current utter hypocrisy of today’s Democratic Party, and please be patient, reader, we will arrive there by and by. First, the necessary historical setting.

“Nobility of birth,” “divine right monarchy,” governmental hierarchy had been the rule in Europe (and the rest of the world) for thousands of years. “Human equality,” such as spoken of in the Declaration above, was never practiced; the King and his nobility were superior to the peasants and commoners. They were considered better people. “God made me king, so, obey me.” Hierarchy, not democracy, for hundreds, thousands of years. The King: “I hold these truths to be self-evident, that GOD made me King, He gave me the nobility, and that there are no ‘unalienable rights’ that common people have, they are to obey me who God made their........

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