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>Marketed as "individual rights" and "opportunity", of course. This is what happens when the concept of "individual rights" is directly substituted for the "in
by whymauri 6y ago
>Marketed as "individual rights" and "opportunity", of course.
This is what happens when the concept of "individual rights" is directly substituted for the "individual right to choose what you consume" without any regard for any other individual rights, even those which are supposedly hallmarks of the U.S. like voting rights. The more I think about this, the more I'm reminded of Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent.
- amatecha 6y agoPrecisely... for example, how about the right to privacy? It feels practically non-existent in North America (not so sure about elsewhere). As far as I've observed, it's essentially ignored in the vast majority of situations, to the degree that people treat you like you're paranoid if you even raise the subject.