Disintegrationists don’t merely disagree with the proposition that human nature exists and that individual rights adhere to all of us by virtue of that nature. They disagree with the founding belief that “all men are created equal.” As we have seen, the Unionist founders never meant to contend that all human beings were made equal in abilities or talents, or that they were born into similar situations. They meant that men have species equality—we are all equal because of our membership to the species—and that therefore, we are equal in our inalienable rights.
