00:00And since we're a few weeks away from America's 250th birthday, it is worth remembering
00:07just how radical the whole idea of self-government really was back in 1776.
00:15To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and caste and rigid hierarchies.
00:25A world where the strong dominated the weak.
00:30Where power and wealth and status flowed through lineage.
00:35And the many were ruled by the few.
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