The Declaration of Independence versus Egalitarianism

Tags: Law, Media and Culture, U.S. History

06/12/2026 Joshua Mawhorter

Egalitarian interpreters of the Declaration not only empower the centralized state but promote a view of “equality” that shares a common ethical error with slavery itself—that legal castes of humans may be created and enforced against the liberty of others.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/declaration-independence-versus-egalitarianism

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The Declaration of Independence versus Egalitarianism