Excellent video and statement @drutter! I had come to similar conclusions about the nature of rights: https://jbgarrison72.wordpress.com/2018/09/15/everything-you-need-to-know-about-rights/
Excellent video and statement @drutter! I had come to similar conclusions about the nature of rights: https://jbgarrison72.wordpress.com/2018/09/15/everything-you-need-to-know-about-rights/
Awesome :) Well said there.
Just curious, did you come up with that yourself (other than incorporating thoughts from other authors of course)? I ask because it's very similar to my own thoughts, and mine were all my own. It's interesting to note the similarities. I think it's because we're uncovering a truth that already exists, as opposed to creating a concept as we go. This is a deeply-embedded human reality. I think most people (in the absence of brainwashing) will come to a similar conclusion, almost as though it is self-evident to properly-functioning free minds, but appears to be dangerous nonsense to anyone else.
Indeed, it's an onion peeling process I think... I don't really believe I can lay claim to any original idea, rather, I stumble upon things that have been pinging "from the ethers" so to speak. I'm actually usually pretty late to the game, lol... but I believe "we all" get there at some point.
Au contraire, I find your understanding of the topic well-rounded and appropriate! (But maybe that's because I'm just as late to the game? lol)
You're right, we can't claim this is our idea, and yet, I don't think anyone else can, either. So we're just as much the crafters of the idea as anyone else is :)
Anyhow, keep on thinking about and writing about liberty. You're good at it.