250 yrs. ago Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal." In 1945, George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, a warning about the rise of totalitarian rulers that slowly erode rules and traditions of a farm animal society. When pigs started ignoring rules and traditions, animals objected. Napolean, the pig leader then posted an edict: "All animals are equal but, some animals are more equal than others." Animal Farm was an allegory that is prescient today with the Trump family reaping billions of dollars while vast numbers of Americans struggle to make ends meet. In Trump's America all people are created equal but some (like him) are more equal than others. In 2025, Trump mocks the vision of Jefferson's America.
Lee Aitken
Northwest side
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