really frustrating that ilhan omar hasn't read my medium post on freedom and the markethttps://medium.com/the-mission/what-we-believe-in-77ef2ac7dbb …
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Systems that can’t generate housing get replaced by systems that do. That’s all. They don’t have a right to be sustained.
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agree systems don't have rights. people have rights. you can force me to build a house for you at the point of a gun, but that is a violation of my right to self in *any* system you design.
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Surely there’s a middle ground between absolutist freedom and despotism e.g. modest taxation to fund basic needs like shelter
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right, you're talking about policy and values (where we are probably in some kind of rough agreement), not the philosophical concept of human rights
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It’s just much more cost efficient to help people in need, compared to the costs of high crime rates, suicides and sprawling homelessness. In Denmark it’s not a oppressive ‘communist’ government, but a democratic decision, by the people, to live in a healthy and generous society
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not talking about cost efficiency, i'm talking about language. you can live in a society that provides everyone housing. but to call it a "human right" negates rights to property, self, and association, and so the concept itself of human rights.
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When you get down to it, nothing is a human right, in absolute terms. Not food, not shelter, or anything else. Rights are facets of civilization, and Americans are granted the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. At least in theory, but I think our society has..
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become sickened, so that this is no longer the case. Liberty and the pursuit of happiness are unattainable for many. The past 10yrs have seen the greatest wealth transfer in human history, via liquidity, and the masses have been left behind. Things like affordable housing (or...
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People must be enslaved to deliver on all these rights
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