<>Our eventual demise was baked into our founding documents from the beginning, really.<>
BS. The author is wrong to blame The Enlightenment and founding document.
His views on equality are sophomoric and misleading as well.
PLease explain why you say that. For that matter, it may be argued by some that universalism and the erasing of borders, etc., is a desirable goal in keeping with Enlightenment philosophy.
WE codified for US ... "all men are created equal" and WE fought and strove FOR that truth
The world liked the words, adopted the words but not the truth and principle, declared THEMSELVES equal to US (by using the equality phraseology) and thereby muddied our own waters
stupid and evil politicians and sociol engineers helped their cause along, destroying our unique identity and leaving us with a tattered fabric
THAT'S what I got from the article