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>>david9+(OP)
We are a society whose culture has become unmoored from the values that built it.

>>unname+wy
Have we? The culture and values that built this country are stained in blood, violence, and subjugation. I feel we are actually losing the enlightenment that came afterwards and regressing back.

>>nickth+0B
Like every other country and ethnic group on earth. I don't understand what's so notable about American history in this regard.

>>Alexan+y21
Well only a couple countries participated in the creation of the Atlantic slave trade, and very few in history have engaged in chattel slavery to the scale the USA did.

>>komali+L31
Seems like a very Americentric perspective. There's still plenty of chattel slavery out there right now[1]. In that respect, the idea that the US is uniquely bad is like the "evil twin" version of American exceptionalism[2].

[1] https://corpaccountabilitylab.org/calblog/2025/8/7/widesprea...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism

>>Alexan+n81
It's hard to find other examples of it (or at least the inherent natural inferiority of one group of residents) being written into the country's foundational legal document. We are indeed exceptional in that regard.

>>frmers+H91
The Constitution doesn’t mention slavery once. That’s intentional.