• thantik@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    A human right is anything a human should have the right to.

    In that case, you have no rights at all. Not even to speech, or the right not to be killed. “Rights” are invented by the society we live in. You have literally none in the natural world. As it exists, “Rights” are a religious idea. (Hence, “God-given rights”)

    The practicalities are of the utmost concern, because those practicalities are governed by the society which recognizes them as rights. As of now, there is no “human right to shelter”.

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      10 months ago

      you have no rights at all

      Wrong

      Not even to speech, or the right not to be killed

      Wrong

      “Rights” are invented by the society we live in

      Correct

      You have literally none in the natural world

      Correct

      As it exists, “Rights” are a religious idea

      Lol what? Where did you even get that idea?

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      10 months ago

      Govt. does its best to ensure citizens aren’t murdered, yet it still happens.

      Shouldn’t housing be similarly considered a right like the right to life?