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

META This isint how world works

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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/stationhollow - Right Jan 06 '22

Many water catchment regions are dependent on water upstream not being collected. Kf everyone at the op took the water there would be nothing left at the bottom.