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submitted 8 months ago by Prunebutt@slrpnk.net to c/notvoting@slrpnk.net

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/politicalmemes/p/392491/do-you-agree

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[–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"Rights" only make sense within an individualistic context. Rights can be asserted with violence alone, it is thus that only those with the capacity to express violence, or who can convince others to express violence on their behalf, have "rights." We should, then, abandon the concept of "rights" entirely. We have, instead, obligations. We are obliged to defend the freedom of others that they may defend ours. We are obliged to support the community that has grown us. Our obligations build over time, and we fulfill them to the degree to which we have the ability to do so. We have obligations to our ancestors, and to those who come after us. Then we can't simply walk away from others who are suffering and say, "I have my rights, and you have to fight for yours."

This is simply more true to our reality than the concept of "rights" which itself comes from Roman laws about how men may control the slaves and women they "own."

I'm sure Simone Weil said it better, but I only have a passing knowledge of her framework.