For fun, I just compared the US Declaration of Independence against the EU Charter of Fundamental rights, to see how much writing skills have improved over the last two centuries, using a 'readability checker'. The higher the score, the more 'readable'.
Example 1. Declaration of Independence
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." (Score 43.2%)
Example 2. EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
"This charter reaffirms, with due legal regard for the powers and tasks of the Union and the principle of subsidiarity, the rights as they result in particular, from the constitutional traditions and international obligations common to the member states, the European Convention for the protection of human Rights and fundamental freedoms, the Social Charter adopted by the Union and by the Council of Europe and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and of the European Court of Human Rights." (a single sentence - score 0%)
We come a long way in a couple of hundred years, haven't we?
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Example 1. Declaration of Independence
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." (Score 43.2%)
Example 2. EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
"This charter reaffirms, with due legal regard for the powers and tasks of the Union and the principle of subsidiarity, the rights as they result in particular, from the constitutional traditions and international obligations common to the member states, the European Convention for the protection of human Rights and fundamental freedoms, the Social Charter adopted by the Union and by the Council of Europe and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and of the European Court of Human Rights." (a single sentence - score 0%)
We come a long way in a couple of hundred years, haven't we?
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