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It is not a human right to earn a living. And it is absolutely the right of a government to prevent you from working. Many jobs requiring government approval

It is not a human right to earn a living. And it is absolutely the right of a government to prevent you from working. Many jobs requiring government approval for example a doctor, lawyer, builder.

tathougies 7y ago
Governments do not have rights, period. They exist solely at the consent and continued pleasure of the governed (or should at least). That is to say, every human has rights, because they are an individual human. The rights of people are self-evident and stem solely from the fact that people are human. Governments have no rights. There is nothing that is owed to them due to their existence as governments. Were a particular set of people not to form a government, no other government could rightfully enter to assert their 'right' to govern.
- vadym909 7y ago
  I'd love to hear black or brown people adopt this as their motto.
  - tathougies 7y ago
    Same
    - mgolawala 7y ago
      Gandhi was brown, and his policy of civil disobedience was essentially based on the premise that a government only derives its legitimacy from the will of the people to be governed by it. Leading to the act of mass civil disobedience.
alvah 7y ago
"It is not a human right to earn a living." The UNCHR has begged to differ since 1948. Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human...
- colejohnson66 7y ago
  > to just and favourable conditions One could argue that putting yourself or others at risk of infection is not a “just and favorable condition”
deathgrips 7y ago
>It is not a human right to earn a living. What gives you the right to decide that?
tirant 7y ago
It shouldn't, unless your only purpose is damaging that individual, which sounds to me like a not very humane purpose. Work is one of the main purposes and goals an individual may have, together with family. Denying that to anyone is simple and plain tyranny.
jki275 7y ago
Governments have no rights. Human beings have rights.

It is not a human right to earn a living. And it is absolutely the right of a government to prevent you from working. Many jobs requiring government approval for example a doctor, lawyer, builder.

tathougies 7y ago

Governments do not have rights, period. They exist solely at the consent and continued pleasure of the governed (or should at least). That is to say, every human has rights, because they are an individual human. The rights of people are self-evident and stem solely from the fact that people are human. Governments have no rights. There is nothing that is owed to them due to their existence as governments. Were a particular set of people not to form a government, no other government could rightfully enter to assert their 'right' to govern.

vadym909 7y ago
I'd love to hear black or brown people adopt this as their motto.
- tathougies 7y ago
  Same
  - mgolawala 7y ago
    Gandhi was brown, and his policy of civil disobedience was essentially based on the premise that a government only derives its legitimacy from the will of the people to be governed by it. Leading to the act of mass civil disobedience.

alvah 7y ago

"It is not a human right to earn a living." The UNCHR has begged to differ since 1948. Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human...

colejohnson66 7y ago
> to just and favourable conditions One could argue that putting yourself or others at risk of infection is not a “just and favorable condition”

deathgrips 7y ago

>It is not a human right to earn a living. What gives you the right to decide that?

tirant 7y ago

It shouldn't, unless your only purpose is damaging that individual, which sounds to me like a not very humane purpose. Work is one of the main purposes and goals an individual may have, together with family. Denying that to anyone is simple and plain tyranny.

jki275 7y ago

Governments have no rights. Human beings have rights.