The Declaration of Independence - I took a very well known part of The Declaration of Independence (obviously). "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." - Thomas Jefferson https://usconstitution.net/declar.html https://izquotes.com/quotes-pictures/quote-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident-that-all-men-are-created-equal-that-they-are-endowed-by-thomas-jefferson-94136.jpg ----- We are created equal, but that does not mean we are equal after that. Only at the point of "creation" and/or being "created" for that matter are we equal. Not after that at all to me personally as everyone is traveling on their own journey and many do go down bad paths which are not equal or I would not say are equal to me at that point. That does not mean we lose our unalienable rights either as well. It's just that after we are created we all start to form our own way and/or go our own way into the world and to me personally our parents as well as others guide us plus our environment to as well. We are "created" equal, but not equal after being created. The goal here is to keep this as neutral as possible since society is very screwed up / messed up right now to me personally (obviously). Bad path (example) - drug cartels alone and they do lose freedoms at that point or their freedom to travel around freely. If they get sentenced for being drug traffickers for the drug cartels or something like this then lose their freedoms because they are sentenced to serve jail if not prison time. The above line reminds me that we are a Republic as a nation.