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   by ringo-ring 3y ago

   You are mistaking 'entitled' for 'not prohibited' I am not entitled to know the mineral composition and spectra of every planet around Vega, but nobody should prohibit me to do this, no? in the case of Sci-Hub, acquiring
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   by ringo-ring 3y ago

   I agree that 'human rights' are not the laws of nature (at least there is no scientific evidence behind it so far) but IF we rely on theoretical concept of 'human rights' then knowledge should be considered human right.
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   by ringo-ring 3y ago

   > Saying they're "human rights" implies that you're willing to force other humans to acquire these goods for you, for free. This is very different from things like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of as
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   by ringo-ring 3y ago

   > It muddles the meaning of rights, tarnishes the concept by equating the support for rights in general with a specific, controversial position I am sorry, but knowledge is not specific, it is a very old, basic and fundamental concept. W
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   by ringo-ring 3y ago

   The exist non-secular types of communism FYI. For example, Thomas More's Utopia is considered to be a classical communist text, but in this text he was advocating religious freedom. Communism is a more general idea about common ownersh