• NSRXN@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    but we don’t agree. the government infringes on so-called inalienable rights all the time. often without repercussion.

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      2 days ago

      So you agree that you believe in what everyone else calls rights, just that governments aren’t perfect. Which nobody said they were.

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        2 days ago

        no. I believe they don’t exist, and the fact of infringement proves that. they are a fiction, and one that creates barriers to liberty.

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          1 day ago

          This is such an idiotic take. They aren’t a fiction. Sure, there isn’t some sort of magical guarantee you have them, but that doesn’t make the term or concept less useful.

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              What in the solipsism am I reading right now. Multiple countries and international groups have things called rights. They exist.

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                23 hours ago

                it has no mass and no energy. it’s a social construct, and it does not serve it’s purported function. it’s a fiction.