What does a successful government look like?

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(03-05-2016, 12:29 PM)Vlad Wrote: Are you attributing that to the "freedom" of men to own slaves, which contradicts the words "All men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence,
Or does it go deeper?

No, I'm referring more to the compromises made during the Constitutional Convention to appease the slave states and allow slavery to continue on unaddressed and to allow representation for humans considered property, giving these states far more power than they deserved to have, which further allowed them to stave off any attempts to legitimately address the issue. 

The contradictions between the message of the Declaration of Independence and who was initially treated equally in are government is a whole different discussion. Like I said, though, the tools were there to make sure our government was working towards success, and we should be proud of the government we have, what we have done, and how we have evolved since being colonies.