What Are America's Core Values

America’s core values are based on the ideas of liberty, equality and democracy. It is these ideas that are reflected upon the Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. Liberty gives the people freedom from the government control and economic freedom. Democracy is what the majority of the people agrees on those who will run the government. However, these ideas always seem to conflict with each other so the American Political System does not always uphold the American values.
Liberty is what makes people want to immigrate to the United States, in order to have freedom, rights and to fulfill the “American dream”. There are many freedoms and rights granted by the Bill of Rights. However, it has evolved throughout time, as personal liberties have expanded and people having to fight, in order to defend their own freedoms. There are conflicts that are persistent over personal liberties expanding when it violates the community norms. Government control and economic freedom links to the idea of wanting a limited government. It lets all individuals to be heard whether if they may be the majority or the minority. However, this contradicts with democracy, as the majority
The system of democracy was supposed to have citizens participate and concoct themselves over their leaders; however, since it is only based on the opinions of the majority and not the minorities, it can go against the minorities liberty and equality. An example of majority would be the House of Representative as the house is directly elected by the people. It was ideal for the majority rule over the minority to work in the political system, but the Founding Fathers feared that the majority will take over and become tyrannical, in which individual liberties would be