We the people, on July 4th, celebrate the right to have a good national conscience.
We the people in Russia and China do not have the right to a good national conscience. The Russian and Chinese people can have a good individual conscience, but not a national one no matter how well they contribute to society.
This means that, in the U.S., individually, as long as a man does not break the law, he has a right to use his manhood to be cruel to every woman if that is his pursuit of happiness, desecrating our good national conscience. It does not matter how much this happens in Russia or China as it concerns the national level, for they have no right to a good national conscience.
It means that, in the U.S., individually, as long as a woman does not break the law, she has a right to use her womanhood to get every man to lust after her if that is her pursuit of happiness, desecrating our good national conscience. It does not matter how much this happens in Russia or China as it concerns the national level, for they have no right to a good national conscience.
It also means that, in the U.S., as long as men and women do not break the law, they have the right to oppress the poor if that is their pursuit of happiness, desecrating our good national conscience. It does not matter how much this happens in Russia or China as it concerns the national level, for they have no right to a good national conscience.
Are we celebrating the right to desecrate the good and have an unhealthy national conscience?
It is okay if you do not know how to contribute to a healthy national conscience, but it is not okay for everyone else if you do not want to learn, my fellow citizen.
Please read The Eyes of Democracy and if you still do not know how to contribute to a good national conscience, let me know in a comment, please.
You pose an interesting characterization but not a new one. Freedom of choice means just that - one can use freedom for good or for evil. One can even think one is acting for good but in reality be creating evil in the world. Vice versa.
I am not quite sure about your idea of the "right" to a national conscience, but no matter - you provoke thought.