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Jefferson asserted in the Declaration that “All Men are Created Equal” a nostrum well beyond ridiculous

You do not appear to belong here. Why did you register here?

We are created equal. What happens to us post-creation is up to us, however. It is the socialists that insist that all are equal from cradle to grave—or as Winston Churchill described it, such people want to consign humanity to the “equal sharing of misery”.

As for Plato, too many big-government central-planner tyrants take inspiration from his “Republic”. I refuse to regard a pagan as “a much greater mind” than any of the USA’s Founding Fathers.

As expected, you insist on defending an absurdity and in the process reveal yourself as closed minded and intolerant, hostile to any dissent while insisting you know best. Why of course you do.
The power of Creation is hardly manifested in the physical sameness of Man but rather in his divergent attitudes, behaviors, impulses and sentiments; the very essence of the Soul; which imprints each of us w/our uniqueness. We are NOT created equal and never were!!! Post-creation? Hm...........Are you referring to the
teenage years?
A cardinal Principle of Conservatism is that we moderns, although preening w/conceit and hubris, are insignificant dwarves standing of the massive shoulders of the giants of Antiquity, who created Western Civilization. We see as far as we do, only because of their genius; Plato being one of them.
Since my posts enrage you, suggest you ignore them. Also suggest you avoid any discussion that involves an exchange of ideas, requiring reflection and thought.
Political blather might be a good fit!