Working-class Americans here reject the egalitarian founding myth as hypocritical

Evidence

How could you say we were born equal when, for instance, when I was born, I was born in a family that were pretty poor. You get another baby born in a family that has millions. … All men created equal? Ah, very hypocritical, cause all men are not created equal—and—I don’t know—you really pick some beauties don’t you?… The birth of an individual in a [social] class sort of disputes this. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2157

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