It does a little, but that's ok
Posted on: February 12, 2020 at 14:20:29 CT
Mormad MU
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I don't mind discomfort in a conversation. I get that you and Matt are simply arguing that government is not necessary to have rights. I disagree that rights are "natural" - they are a construct of man. Jefferson's "inalienable" rights are conferred by a Creator - what happens if you don't believe in the Creator? Do you then not believe in the rights? Or do you just not believe that he was correct in assigning the source?
I don't even disagree with you guys that government is out of hand and addresses too many issues which limit personal freedoms.
Ultimately though, your system relies on people either not to infringe, or upon some sort of private system that manages the infringements. To me, that's what government is.