Though the American Declaration of Independence was published in 1776 and the Bastille was stormed 13 years later in 1789, on the scale of the grand sweep of history, the events are essentially concurrent. But there the similarity ends.
It’s clear that in 2023 we’re no longer created equal. A small number of the wealthy and well connected in the ruling class enjoy privileges and immunities that are unavailable to you and me — the very thing for which the Founding Fathers and American colonists were willing to take up arms against the mighty British army.