The idea of positive rights VS negative rights doesn’t get said enough.
In the US you usually have a right to pursue things like food, water, shelter. In much of the world, there is a right that these are provided to all people, when possible.
No one can make sure the government is always able to provide necessities to everyone at all times, but we can sure as hell as be against the corporate taking of things that should belong to all people, because they are the things necessary for all life on planet earth.
How can one group corner the market on water? We would have basically given them the right of violence, which is a right largely reserved for the government. If you abhor government overreach, then you had better abhor the corporate boot as well.
The idea of positive rights VS negative rights doesn’t get said enough.
In the US you usually have a right to pursue things like food, water, shelter. In much of the world, there is a right that these are provided to all people, when possible.
No one can make sure the government is always able to provide necessities to everyone at all times, but we can sure as hell as be against the corporate taking of things that should belong to all people, because they are the things necessary for all life on planet earth.
How can one group corner the market on water? We would have basically given them the right of violence, which is a right largely reserved for the government. If you abhor government overreach, then you had better abhor the corporate boot as well.
I think the problem is corruption. You can essentially buy a small country as the leadership is corrupt.
Right. But isn’t it corruption to buy up all the water/food/shelter?
No
The problem is when the public officials are making money from the large company who came it for cheap supplies or labor
Ooooo ook you are a libertarian?
Conservative
This wasn’t a political statement. Its bad when public officials are getting bribed.
OK but buying up all the water is corruption by another name.
They can’t buy all the water if the government won’t let them.
Yeah exactly.