The Constitution is a " Living " body.....based on a basic Premise of FREEDOM.
What was TRUE upon it's " Conception " is still TRUE to this very day and beyond.
FREEDOM is not cheap, and it is not FREE.
That is the Flag of a Country that was founded on basic FREEDOM
and now represents 50 " United States " !
It does NOT represent slavery...
It does NOT represent tyranny.....
It does NOT represent entitlement....
It is the Flag of a Country everyone else on this planet
recognizes as a bastion of FREEDOM.....!
Look, your basic premise is wrong. Back then, all men, women or children were not free, nor were they equal ... as defined in the constitution.
Clause 3: Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons
I agree its a living body, which was my point.
There are a lot of countries in the world where their citizens and residents are free. That's not unique.
I agree that America is certainly a country that is hugely desirable to migrate to, others are too although the US is #1 in this category I expect.
The flag is a symbol; the constitution matters. I'm not one for symbolism but do care about what matters.
Everyone on the planet does not recognize the US as a bastion of freedom. The US has done and continues to do some very shady stuff around the world, and stuff far worse than "very shady". The US also supports some extremely repressive regimes with scant and/or zero regard as to how those regimes treat their people or others for that matter - looking at the Saudis as exhibit 1 on that.
We can do better, domestically and internationally. We should do better, not least as we claim to be better than everyone else. We should prove that.