Re:Psychedelic drugs take on depression
by paskozdilar on Thursday September 01, 2022 @01:35PM
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> Yes.
That's were we disagree. I believe there are some human freedoms that nobody has the right to deny. I suppose I'm just an idealist.
> The current form of government in the United States is a representative republic that has a constitution that defines processes for dramatic change including a constitutional convention that allows for open-ended changes to the constitution itself.
I'm sure the goal of such openness of constitution was to protect the liberty of people, not to open doors for authoritarianism.
Re:Psychedelic drugs take on depression
by politician on Thursday September 01, 2022 @06:14PM
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How do we enumerate which human freedoms that nobody has the right to deny? What if there isn't consensus? If there isn't consensus and they are just imposed by fiat, then you've simply come around to authoritarianism from the other direction.
Re:Psychedelic drugs take on depression
by paskozdilar on Friday September 02, 2022 @08:01AM
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That's a hard question, like any other question concerning human freedom. I suppose a good rule of thumb is "if you're not forced to subject yourself to it, you don't get a say in it".
> If Talibans somehow became a majority in the US, would you still consider it "their right" to vote away the democracy and establish Sharia Law?
Yes. The current form of government in the United States is a representative republic that has a constitution that defines processes for dramatic change including a constitutional convention that allows for open-ended changes to the constitution itself.
I don't have a divine right to the land, water, or air here.