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Another principle that we have strayed from is the idea that government is meant
to protect equal rights, not dole out equal things. We are all created equal in the eyes of
God and all have certain unalienable rights, so it makes sense that our founders believed
that the government must protect those rights. At the same time, by trying to make
everyone equal in every possible way, we are not protecting equal rights. Time has taken
us down a more liberal path, where government does intervene far more than the
founders originally intended it to. This is likely a misinterpretation of the governments
protection of equality. The government believes it has to act to make people more equal
without realizing that it is doing the opposite by acting as such. It is hard to say which is
better in this case as this fuels huge debates between people of different political
ideologies.
Overall, I do believe that America has evolved for the better. Yes, in some ways
we have strayed from our founding principles, but some of the most fundamental ones,
such as freedom of religion, have been strengthened. I think in general it is wrong to look
at Americas history as being so perfect; our country had many flaws that brought it to
where it was today. One of the biggest may be that though we claimed all men are created
equal, slavery was strong for many years after our countries founding. We have made
great strides towards equality since then. We are still not perfect, but we are marching
forward.