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Americans see everyone as equal in status (in theory); in paragraph two of our first document, we say that it is, in fact, self-evident that all men are create
by prewett 13y ago
Americans see everyone as equal in status (in theory); in paragraph two of our first document, we say that it is, in fact, self-evident that all men are created equal. Since we are all equal, titles don't really serve much purpose, as the whole point of titles is to distinguish yourself.
- rational_indian 13y ago>we say that it is, in fact, self-evident that all men are created equal. How is this self evident?
- pseut 13y agoThat phrase is from the Declaration of Independence, one of the US's founding documents: "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." http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transc...
- icambron 13y agoThe nature of self-evidence is that you don't have to say how. (Though I'm not sure I agree with the parent point that Americans as a group really believe equality in the relevant sense here.)
- dragonwriter 13y ago"are created equal" means a very different thing than "are equal". Even Americans who really do believe that all people are created equal (which any discussion thread on any major forum -- including HN -- on gender or race issues, among other topics, will reveal is far from all Americans) rarely believe that all people are equal.