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So basically what it always stood for then

• mistermann 13y ago
  That's not true at all.
• Vivtek 13y ago
  No, not what it stood for. Look at the Declaration of Independence - it explicitly states that people have inherent rights (that kings don't grant the rights) and that those rights are inherent to everybody, not just those in a particular country. That is quite literally what America stands for, as stated in our own declaration, and in 1776 it was explosively innovative and inspired the entire world. Unfortunately, we've forgotten that whole rights-belong-to-non-Americans thing, and that's a travesty. You can trace how it happened, and none of it is a happy story.