@NathanKing @kkarhan @marcoarment it's not pedantic at all. Americans seem to be continuously baffled when confronted with reality of a law system enshrined 250 years ago by a bunch of white men in their 20s and 30s. Ideals do not govern.

@NathanKing @kkarhan @marcoarment I don’t actually think that’s purely pedantic. Just about 20 years after the US declared independence from its European overlord in favor of liberal self-governance Haiti attempted to do the same. The US gave no support to the revolution so directly inspired and preceded by its own, and found themselves supporting the white colonial governments and providing refuge for slave owning French rather than siding with the black Haitians seeking liberty. Pretty damning