Where did things go wrong? | Ali Velshi | MSNBC

Ali Velshi shares a passage from an early version of the Declaration of Independence that potentially could have changed the trajectory of American freedom.

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[Mentallect]

Greed overcame morality and humanity as usual.

[jockyoung]

This is what makes the founding fathers so fascinating. They achieved great things, but their flaws were epic.

[Elohist]

The surprise here is that condemnation of slavery was ever penned at all

[Blake-Urizen]

"Slavery conjured up by the British king" ...? Unfortunately, slavery predated George III, and continues to this day.

[darthwikkie]

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams

[allendesomer]

The difference that could have made is we would not have this country: many states would not have signed on. 😣

[jerrellbevers]

Someone is so racist they thumbed down the mere thought of _never having slaves in America._

[madelinewelsh]

He knew it was evil, kept doing it... why are we honoring him???

[davidellis]

January 6th was a day that will forever be remembered in infamy.

[djartyom]

I think we would just have an earlier civil war

[Dearzachmink]

Regardless, the Declaration still became the moral compass of the Country and was used by Lincoln to end slavery.

[jws]

The saddest words of poem and pen; if only it could have been.

We are where we are because he was a slaver...as were the majority of the Framers.

[davidlang]

I TAUGHT THAT PASSAGE IN AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT HIGH SCHL ENGLISH CLASS OF AMERICAN LIT/CULTURE: THE CENTRAL PENNA ULTRA-CONSERVATIVES SAW IT AS HERESY, PARENTS GAVE ME FLACK!!

[ericbrooks]

Imagine if whites would actually live up their proported ideals? Imagine.

[kevinjheath]

Imagine if they had listened more to Thomas Paine while writing the founding documents.

[DaveK]

Would have, should have, could have. The three saddest phrases in the English language.

[cultureal]

Please do a "War on Covid19" campaign poster with that 1950s strong deltoid lady flexing her muscle, doing it for the Country, because Potus asks you to go and get vaccinated. Patriotic.

[iainmelville]

Wow, no seriously that was great. I didn’t know about that, and it would, indeed, have been a history changing moment if that one simple bit of text had been included.

[neveraskedforahandle]

Imagine if economic prisons weren't keeping us all slaves to the system.

[justinle]

According to historians, this was taken out because abolishing slavery at that time would’ve been too divisive and threatened the launch of the new country. Seeing how confederate states tried to secede over the issue of slavery causing the civil war, and ultimately killing 600, 000 men in the process, it’s clear it would’ve been a massive threat to the unionization of states during the founding.