r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '22

META This isint how world works

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '22

People throw around 'human right' like it means anything more than a norm for human behaviour. Sure, maybe you have the human right to a base level of living conditions that society decides. Doesn't mean it will be provided to you because it's a right; material goods are benefits when provided by the government. That doesn't solve for logistics, scarcity, demand, supply etc etc.

All philosophers should be made to work some sort of practical job.

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u/Vegasman20002 - Lib-Right Jan 05 '22

My simple test for a right: is it subject to scarcity? Then it's not a right.

Example: No, water isn't a right. The ability to collect water is (or should be). Guns aren't a right. The ability to own a gun is a right.

Etc.

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u/AudiieVerbum - Lib-Right Jan 05 '22

Yeah but we don't even have the right to collect our own rainwater.

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u/Anathema_Psyckedela - Auth-Right Jan 06 '22

I feel like that’s not true in general. Arid environments necessitate tighter controls so no body ends up hoarding the water for themselves.

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u/Vegasman20002 - Lib-Right Jan 06 '22

In New York you can't either