(1) I want to highlight two things here: first, the spirit of invention and second, the moral ideal of equality given by our Creator #realhistoryathome
(2) Both are stupendous ideas. Of course America is responsible for the vast majority of inventions over the last several decades. In fact, there are so many it makes other countries look stupid #realhistoryathome
(3) But the point is that America does this because it has created a system for generating innovation and invention. America represents not merely this invention or that one, but rather the "invention of invention" #realhistoryathome
(4) Would the Second Communications Revolution that gave us the computer, the internet, GPS and the iPhone have occurred without America? No. Nor the First Communications Revolution that produced the railroad, the telephone, the automobile and the airplane #realhistoryathome
(5) Second, America is built on this strange and remarkable idea that we are "created equal." No other country considers this "self-evident." And by itself it's not. People differ in all kinds of ways, from intelligence to looks to moral behavior #realhistoryathome
(6)But America is based on the idea that we're equal because we're the same in God's eyes. We're equal in human dignity and in possessing the same rights. Contrast Orwell on socialism: "all animals are equal but some are more equal than others" #realhistoryathome
