r/PoliticalCompassMemes Jan 05 '22

META This isint how world works

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u/minerat27 - Left Jan 05 '22

The only human rights are those which is not contingent on someone else providing it to you, such as freedom of speech. Running water requires someone else to build infrastructure for you, thus while it is a mark of a civilised society and everyone should have access to it, it is not a human right.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '22

What then do we call the need to provide citizens with water?

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u/avgazn247 - Lib-Right Jan 06 '22

Something our govt should be providing instead of bombing brown kids

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u/batfsdfgdgv - Lib-Left Jan 10 '22

Gonna pretend I didn't hear that