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If connectivity is a human right, then IT workers must be slaves.

• joshuaheard 13y ago
  Thank you. There is no right to the labor or capital of others.
• aaron695 13y ago
  By that argument, if you believe in any human rights, if a worker is needed to enable it they also are slaves. Right to religious freedom/political beliefs etc then the police who defend you if attacked because of you're beliefs are then also slaves.
  • Jayschwa 13y ago
    > By that argument, if you believe in any human rights, if a worker is needed to enable it they also are slaves. This is why many people object to so-called positive rights. Positive rights oblige others to action. Negative rights oblige inaction.
  • ahomescu1 13y ago
    My interpretation of the rights granted by the Constitutions of various countries is that you have those rights primarily against the government, and only secondarily against other people or institutions. In other words, the government cannot force you to have certain beliefs, or silence you, or throw you in jail arbitrarily. I say this thinking of the US Constitution, which was written in a time when kings actually did many of these things. Applied to modern times, the police first have an obligation to not attack you for your beliefs. That doesn't make them your slaves. After that, they'll defend your beliefs if there's a law forcing them to (which is a positive law).