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The __ursuit of happiness_ is such a key element of the __merican (ideological) dream_ that one tends to forget the contingent origin of this phrase: __e holds these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness._ Where did the somewhat awkward __ursuit of happiness_ come from in this famous opening passage of the US Declaration of Independence? The origin of it is John Locke, who claimed that all men had the natural rights of life, liberty, and property_ the latter was replaced by __he pursuit of happiness_ during negotiations of the drafting of the Declaration, as a way to negate the black slaves_ right to property.
Slavoj Žižek In Defense of Lost Causes
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The __ursuit of happiness_ is such a key element of the __merican (ideological) dream_ that one tends to forget the contingent origin of this phrase: __e holds these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness._ Where did the somewhat awkward __ursuit of happiness_ come from in this famous opening passage of the US Declaration of Independence? The origin of it is John Locke, who claimed that all men had the natural rights of life, liberty, and property_ the latter was replaced by __he pursuit of happiness_ during negotiations of the drafting of the Declaration, as a way to negate the black slaves_ right to property.
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In Defense of Lost Causes

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