Re:Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right
by pc86 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:52AM
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I think the point was that "prerequisite for basic human rights" is not the same thing as "basic human rights." I want everyone to have access to fast, affordable internet. I think it makes the exercising of your basic human rights much easier! That doesn't make the internet a right, and it's certainly not a basic human right on the same level as your right not to be enslaved or murdered.
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Re:Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right
by narag on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @10:15AM
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it's certainly not a basic human right on the same level as your right not to be enslaved or murdered.
You are forgetting that you can be enslaved in a lot of indirect insidious ways that doesn't involve chains or swords.
Most people in absolutist societies weren't murdered or technically slaves. But we considered them not free. Also free expression is a basic human right and we should consider private property the same. Of course every right has limitations, but freedom is a whole, either you are free or you aren't.
Re:Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right
by pc86 on Thursday January 26, 2017 @08:27AM
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I agree free expression is also a basic human right - I'm not sure exactly what you mean by private property. I believe the concept is a basic human right but that doesn't mean every person has the right to a specific piece of property unless you mean something like food or shelter.