He writes, what is it about these Americans that makes them different? And there are a couple things. The precursor of it is this notion of citizenship. And all that embodies we the people. This was the first place in human history. At a large scale that had the audacity to say, every individual is not a subject. They don't have a fixed place on some hierarchy. Everybody. Who qualifies, right? So obviously, it took a little work to get there, but conceptually, the idea was. (17:58–18:12)
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