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> A stable currency is a basic human right. This is just a complete misunderstanding of what a currency is.
by addicted 3y ago
> A stable currency is a basic human right.
This is just a complete misunderstanding of what a currency is.
- guidoism 3y agoIndeed. Additionally I’m sick of people using “human right” to describe every conceivable characteristic of an ideal modern society. Some things should be basic and a minimum and other characteristics should be add-ons you get for advancing civilization. Pooling them all together waters down the most important ones.
- tim333 3y agoI dare say 'human rights' are a list of things people agree to go for and you can make up new ones. I could back the right to a reasonably stable currency. I think it might make more sense than the right to paid holidays (UDHR article 24).
- Log_out_ 3y agoIt also allows the usual culprits to reject the whole package as "western cultural imperialism" which is why you can find dictator shills load up the concept with every ridiculous western concept to the breaking point.
- d_burfoot 3y agoAll rights are phrased in terms of nebulous concepts such as "religion", "speech", or "arms". But more importantly, my statement is not about external facts. It's a statement of who I am willing to ally with and befriend. Any person who substantially agrees with me about what rights must be protected is my friend and ally. Any person who substantially disagrees is at best a neutral bystander (if he does not try to interfere with my rights) and at worst a bitter enemy (if he actively tries to suppress my rights).