> The quintessential American quality is the belief that every person has the right to control their own destiny. Fuck, it's right there in the first sentence o

> The quintessential American quality is the belief that every person has the right to control their own destiny. Fuck, it's right there in the first sentence of the first document declaring this country's independence. ... and then took nearly a century to getting around to the idea of not owning people. There are a lot of caveats to that American belief.