The foundational principle that guides all leftists...America is bad, illegitimate, corrupt! The glass has always been more than half empty. Ignore the good, focus on the bad. Only progressive secular Marxist principles will lead us out of the darkness. Put all your faith in anyone with progressive values to level the playinging field with benign wealth distribution. Do not trust Constitution or God. Trust ME! The CHOSEN ONE! How did we survive this fool!
What the leftists fail to understand, or to admit, is that America was founded on ideals that were unheard of at the time. “All men are created equal ...” was an ideal that no other country espoused at the time. The lords in England certainly would have laughed at such a concept.
Our founders created a country where almost any white man with property, in some states, any property, could vote. Was there another country that allowed all its males a voice in the government? If there was I’ve missed it.
They also laid the ground work for all people to to be included into its body politic, and for the most powerful, free, nation in the world.