Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 5, 2021Interesting responses here. Mine is probably: human rights are not a function of your success or failure at life https://twitter.com/MaoistTaylor/status/1422602844302098437…This Tweet is unavailable.4248
Venkatesh Rao@vgrI suppose I should also clarify that I have a fairly expansive idea of human rights. This statement is sort of a tautology without scoping the rights.4:45 PM · Aug 5, 202113 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 5, 2021Replying to @vgrFor eg much as I dislike the blight and homelessness around me in LA, I am in favor of liberal tent laws and sidewalk psychosis over trusting the carceral state to be more humane to even the mentally ill homeless than they can be to themselves.225
Julio@TheJulior·Aug 5, 2021Replying to @vgrOh to have better language than "positive rights" or "natural rights" to discuss this.1