• pimento64@sopuli.xyz
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    15 hours ago

    Allowed? Governments can only regulate, they can’t allow people to do things because they simply don’t have the ability to bestow rights, which people intrinsically possess. Anyway, I’ve looked into it but the upkeep is shocking. There’s a reason that one dude just encased a bulldozer in concrete.

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      8 hours ago

      You must be fucked in the head to presume that you intrinsically possess any kind of rights.

      Rights are a societal contract, an agreement between the people of what one might do and what one might not - and of course what the repercussions are for doing something that one is not allowed to.

      For something to be intrinsic, it has to exist naturally - such as, your hair colour, skin colour, etc. would be intrinsic. Rights aren’t.

      And yes, in fact, it IS the government’s role to determine the rights of people (legislative branch), ensure that people stay within those rights (executive), and provide a commonly acceptable interpretation of those rights (judicial).