• Zagorath
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    10 months ago

    Umm, no. That’s just not correct. A human right is anything a human should have the right to. End of.

    The practicalities of how we achieve that are a separate concern.

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      10 months ago

      A human right is anything a human should have the right to.

      In that case, you have no rights at all. Not even to speech, or the right not to be killed. “Rights” are invented by the society we live in. You have literally none in the natural world. As it exists, “Rights” are a religious idea. (Hence, “God-given rights”)

      The practicalities are of the utmost concern, because those practicalities are governed by the society which recognizes them as rights. As of now, there is no “human right to shelter”.

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        10 months ago

        you have no rights at all

        Wrong

        Not even to speech, or the right not to be killed

        Wrong

        “Rights” are invented by the society we live in

        Correct

        You have literally none in the natural world

        Correct

        As it exists, “Rights” are a religious idea

        Lol what? Where did you even get that idea?

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        10 months ago

        Govt. does its best to ensure citizens aren’t murdered, yet it still happens.

        Shouldn’t housing be similarly considered a right like the right to life?