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RE: Standing up for liberty isn't political

in #politics7 years ago

Liberty, in the political sense, cannot exist prior to state. Liberty, as a political concept, is based on a system of rights. It is the state which guarantees rights. It is, therefore, impossible to conceive of any liberty in the 'state of nature'. This is a misconception of liberty.

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"rights" given by states are privileges. Natural rights supersede "states". Even if you argue that privileges are rights, tribes have their own rules, so do convicts and all without a state to enforce or create them.

How do you define liberty?
Where do you believe rights come from?

The State is not the source of rights, and governments require a pre-existing productive society to plunder.