• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I don’t think having a right to something removes that it might also have a market value, it just puts constraints on that market value and the ability to access it. Often but not always mediated by welfare payments, pensions, or government coupon rates.

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      7 days ago

      I think that in a practical sense theres also a difference between drinking water and water to top up a swimming pool or run a sprinkler for hours a day to keep your lawn perfect.

      Policing or regulating this in any meaningful way would be a nightmare but its a legitimate counterpoint.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Indeed.

      Food for the vast majority of the world is a human right, but it has market value.

      Shelter likewise is also a human right, but that also obviously holds market value.