Ben_N

I believe that the opening statement of the Pre-Amble of the Deceleration of Independence is completely false, and hypocritical."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." When the founding fathers spoke these words to the newly formed United States, they didn't mean that ALL men were created equal and have the right to liberty, life, and the pursuit of happiness. What they meant was that all Anglo-Saxon, rich, landowning, white men were created equal and anyone who didn't meet those requirements were therefore inferior and not deserving of these "un-alienable" rights. If this pre-amble was to be true, then someone explain why millions of innocent Africans were stolen from their homelands, ripped apart from their families, traveled the vast seas on a packed ship where they were tied up in shackles, not even knowing if they will survive the next night do to lack of food and extremely horrible conditions. Well, if they survived the voyage, at least they got to live with total strangers in a cramped shack working from sunup to sundown, being beaten, raped, and murdered, just because they were black. So when you hear that all men are created equal, think about the slaveship, and how we forced millions upon millions of Native Americans out of their lands just so we could expand, they were sure being treated equally there.

Democracy, a government for the people, by the people, unless you make less money then other people do or if your skin may be a little darker. America is supposedly run by the people, they get to vote for senators, representatives, and even the president. When the voting for president, you have to be eligible to vote, and over 18. Last time i checked someone who is under the age of 18 is a person, and someone who is poor and isn't registered to vote is still a person, so why can't they have their opinions matter? Ever since the founding of America it was controlled by the wealthy, leaving the little guy out to dry.This is the way it is today and this is the way that it will always be. Government decisions based upon wealthy businesses and companies, not upon what is right for the people, the government could care less about the people, they just want the fastest way to make a buck.Soldiers go out and die for government ideas and policies, when in reality the government doesn't care whether or not you die, they just want the most out of you until you do. On paper, democracy is the ideal government, everyone has the chance to participate, the people rule. However, this is not how it actually runs, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It's hard to tell if the government actually cares about you or what's in their best interests.