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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by bpt3 on Thursday March 19, 2026 @06:51AM (#47437336)
So if I declare a right to immortality, then no one dies?

It's almost like those words are the product of useless bureaucrats, rather than an actual right.

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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by unethical_ban on Thursday March 19, 2026 @07:00AM (#47437390)
That is a disingenuous counterexample.
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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by bpt3 on Thursday March 19, 2026 @10:37AM (#47440281)
It's really not.

What happens if everyone takes this declaration at face value and decides to be unemployed? Who pays for all the services that every person is entitled to?

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