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minus-squarebl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 months agoWere we ever free though? All men were created equal, right? Except women, PoC, queer folk, non christians, catholics (sometimes), the Irish, the bottom 99% and so on. The freedom promised by the constitution rang hollow on every enslaved person, and every woman.
minus-squarerandomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoI think freedom is qualified differently here. You’re free to own property. Then we “democratically” decide who and what can be owned as property based on our interpretation of the Jedi ancient texts. /s
Were we ever free though?
All men were created equal, right? Except women, PoC, queer folk, non christians, catholics (sometimes), the Irish, the bottom 99% and so on.
The freedom promised by the constitution rang hollow on every enslaved person, and every woman.
I think freedom is qualified differently here. You’re free to own property. Then we “democratically” decide who and what can be owned as property based on our interpretation of the Jedi ancient texts.
/s