The United States’ Unamendable Constitution

Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by WalterBright on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:48PM (#33362175)

They come from human nature. The evidence comes from how well a society thrives, or fails to thrive, under particular sets of rights. The US has thrived, so its concept of rights is more accurate than, say, communist rights, under which people do very poorly.

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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by denton-scratch on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:21PM (#33362660)

Well, OK. Or maybe they come from garden compost, or the luminiferous aether. You're just making bald assertions.

As far as "communist rights" are concerned, I don't think the idea of rights has much prominence in communist thought.

And your linking of rights (as you conceive of rights) with "thriving" (which you haven't defined, but I assume you mean wealth) is pretty fishy. Many people in the USA are not wealthy at all.

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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by WalterBright on Thursday October 27, 2022 @07:26PM (#33365436)

Ya know, the point is lost when one starts to debate the meanings of words. You and I both know what "thriving" means.

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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by denton-scratch on Friday October 28, 2022 @10:08AM (#33371569)

I don't know what you mean by thriving, which is why I asked.

And you still aren't addressing my question, which is what are rights, and where do they come from.

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