3. America was built on the ideas of democracy, freedom and equality, give two examples from Parenti that demonstrates the practices that are against these beliefs.

The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are documents that provide the ideological foundations for the democratic government of the United States.

The Declaration of Independence provides a foundation for the concept of popular sovereignty, the idea that the government exists to serve the people, who elect representatives to express their will.

the main reason that the constitution did not proclaim all men to be free and equal is because of the issue of slavery.