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“The declaration made in Philadelphia said all men are created equal—not some men,” Marcus said, in spite of his misgivings. “And it was written by a man who owns hundreds of slaves,” Joshua replied. “You better get your head out of the clouds, Marcus, or you’re going to have a hard landing when you come back to earth.”
Matthew
S/be Marcus?
Thomas Paine had come to believe that religion was the worst form of tyranny because it pursued you through death and into eternity—something no king or despot had yet managed to do.
Not true, dead kings have been the focus of entire economies, pre-dynastic Egypt for instance
“‘My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.’”
Paine kynykos
