[sidjxnbx]

> What about "égalité"?

Much like the egalitarian individualism of other western cultures, the idea applies to “our culture” not “the entire world”. This system falls apart otherwise because bad faith participants can easily exploit it. And I’ll add, your argument omitting that key point is one of the common ways people exploit it.

[rsynnott]

The Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen was unusual at the time specifically because it was _universalist_; it was _not_ just about French people.

Now, granted, they didn't get around to banning slavery until five years after, so, y'know, this was always more an ideal than anything else.