Re:Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right
by BeetleB on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:39AM
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>If controlling your own capital means having access to the economy so that you can buy food and housing, then it becomes a prerequisite for basic human rights like actually living; doesn't that at a certain point put it on the same level?
Nope. I think the OP is talking about universal human rights (which are universal in space and time).
Given the current structure of society, controlling your own capital is a means to obtain your basic human rights, and it's totally fine to view it that way, and enforce laws related to it. However, it is not a human right in itself - it is the path to one.
If we made it a basic (universal) human right, then we are putting ourselves in handcuffs - not allowing for a society that could potentially give all the basic human rights, simply because this one human right is forcing us to structure society in a capital oriented way.
Nope. I think the OP is talking about universal human rights (which are universal in space and time).
Given the current structure of society, controlling your own capital is a means to obtain your basic human rights, and it's totally fine to view it that way, and enforce laws related to it. However, it is not a human right in itself - it is the path to one.
If we made it a basic (universal) human right, then we are putting ourselves in handcuffs - not allowing for a society that could potentially give all the basic human rights, simply because this one human right is forcing us to structure society in a capital oriented way.