The land of the free, and all that. America was a radical moral project when it was founded, as a republic (when monarchies dominated the world) with enshrined religious freedom (when state-enforced religions were the norm). The Civil War arguably had a large moral dimension, too.

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suzzer99 2 hours ago | parent [-]

* Does not apply to native Americans or slaves.

	▲	nine_k 33 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Slavery was not supported in half of the initial US of A, and initially Native Americans had relatively benign relationships with the settlers, while the latter were weak. The course of America as a moral project was pretty meandering, but the moral dimension was almost always there.
	▲	hackyhacky 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Or women. Or non-white immigrants. Or former slaves or their descendants. Etc etc