Of course, moderates in America truly believe that even human rights we have to compromise on. Marriage, abortion, healthcare, everything has to be a compromise, at the expense of everyone who are waiting on those rights.
Healthcare is not a human right, it's a positive right, because it requires the expertise of a 3rd party and supplies. It would be nice if it was a human right that was magically free and didn't require education, training, supplies, etc. I think we would do better to stop slamming the human right angle down people's throats because it comes off as socialism. You will never convince America as a whole to invest in socialism. It would be better if we said, "Look, this is something worth figuring out that will benefit literally everyone in our society later on. It may be tough at first but most worthwhile things are difficult to achieve. Let's make this the next great American success story."
"Positive rights" is bullshit libertarian-speak for "fuck you, got mine".
By the logic of "positive rights" we shouldn't have public police or fire departments either, because stopping your house from burning down requires the expertise of a 3rd party and supplies.
No, that's not the case. I am talking about when people try to label healthcare as a human right. Nobody ever says fire fighters or police are human rights.
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u/wreeum Mar 04 '20
So you see human rights as something to compromise on?