"all men are created equal."

I love that this is in quotes.

It is literally a quotation from an earlier piece of writing...

But it's not a quote in the input text, so it's very funny that the output introduces quotes around it like they were scare quotes.

Increasingly, this is the case, though.

What does it mean for two people to be "equal"? Obviously, it cannot mean they are equal in strength and in quality. There are people who are excellent, and excellent in many ways, and people who are mediocre or poor in quality in many ways. People are also morally diverse, ranging from the virtuous and the saintly to the thuggish and the depraved.

No, this equality is an equality of basic human dignity. It rests with human nature: our dignity is rooted in our rationality and freedom to make chose. Incidentally, this is also the basis for human rights.

Historically, however, most cultures did not believe in human equality or equality of dignity. You only see that with a robust account of natural law and in its fullness within the Imago Dei; living up to it is another matter. Liberalism [0], as an offshoot of this tradition, takes for granted this notion, but when pressed, it has trouble offering justification. That's why political appeals to equality now appear more frantic and strident. When there is an underlying uneasiness about the rational basis of one's convictions, this often transmutes into emotional defensiveness. But mere assertion has little force. Over time, emotion and pure assertion does not maintain its grip, which makes these quotes that much more interesting.

[0] Another fun case are materialists who simultaneously believe in equality. If there is anything that would dash the very notion of equality, it is materialism.

Many of these companies are fairly close to the mechanisms of credit creation. That distortion can make a market work very counterintuitively.

You mean the security theater complex?

Yeah, I mean surely that would catch it, right... right?

You are assuming good faith. This is why you are puzzled.

And why does this hole fit my shape perfectly? Asked the puddle.

Are you using SDFs for your road system?

Nope. But I mean aren't functions of circles essentially some kind of SDFs in 2d? Or at least those of disks.

I think it's a little known fact that societies don't exist for the benefit of companies. It's actually the other way around.

The U.S. can't really afford the status quo regardless who is in office.

The U.S. needs changes in its constitution if it ever wants to go back to where it was and get the rest of the world to play along again.

The fact that the DoJ is not an independent institution unlike in almost every other western country makes it impossible to uphold the law if the white house doesn't want to. The only thing preventing a sitting president from going after his political enemies is a "gentleman's agreement" between administrations in the United States.

Stability it key and there isn't any as we can see clearly.

Stop trying not to be a strawman!!!1