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by kaonashi 4699 days ago
Then realize it was written by a bunch of Aristocratic slave-holding white men, who implicitly meant for the document to apply only to people like themselves.

What the traditionally disenfranchised are thinking is: welcome to the fucking club.

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Does that invalidate the arguments put forth in the document? Did it not result in greater freedom for all and eventually lead to massive prosperity?
It definitely inspired people to resolve its core hypocrisy, which led to positive effects.
How do you ever learn anything from history believing in such tired Marxist bullshit?

2+2=4 even if you are one of those awful people with the misfortune to be born white.

Since you seem to be unfamiliar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson