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There's more to rights than just physical force. How do you account for the right to clean water and sanitation [0] without state infrastructure, just as an ex
by vrganj 7mo ago
There's more to rights than just physical force.
How do you account for the right to clean water and sanitation [0] without state infrastructure, just as an example?
It feels like you care a lot about violence and force, at the expense of (imo) more important issues societies face.
[0] https://www.unwater.org/water-facts/human-rights-water-and-sanitation https://www.unwater.org/water-facts/human-rights-water-and-s...
- piekvorst 7mo agoIf people without an access to clean water want it, the proper route is to trade with those who do, not victimize them. There can be no right that involves sacrifices of one man to another. Trying to wield sacrifices at the point of a gun (by an official or legislator) is the most important and disturbing modern issue. It paves the road to all actual social conflicts, unrest, and misunderstanding.
- vrganj 7mo agoThe people withholding the water in this scenario are the ones victimizing the ones without. That's where the state monopoly on violence has to come in as a corrective mechanism.
- piekvorst 7mo agoIf "withholding" means actively blocking someone from acessing water they already have a right to, you'd be correct. But that's not what's in your link. Passive possession, "I have water, I'm not giving it to you," is not initiation of force. It's simply not being someone else's servant. And it's unjust to assume humanity wouldn't help unless forced to. By calling upon sacrifices, the first target would be engineers, plumbers, and utility workers. Forcing the people who actually produce and deliver clean water isn't justice.
- vrganj 7mo agoYou're completely discounting the most perfidious type of violence: economic violence. Punishing and preventing it is the core purpose of the state.
- piekvorst 7mo agoWhat exactly do you mean by "economic violence"? If you mean fraud or theft, we already agree those are crimes. If you mean something else, I'd like to know what.
- cindyllm 7mo ago[dead]