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Old January 13th, 2012 #15
Rick Ronsavelle
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Today's rights come at the expense of yesterday's. The statists stole the notion of rights. Earlier rights meant private property, free speech, bill of rights stuff, starting with Magna Carta. These are called negative rights, and acted against muggers, including the state.

Modern positive rights are "rights" to others' property. These are legislated/fantasy rights, giving right to the state and away from individuals. (The French Revolution was an early adopter of positive rights through statism).

One side favors private property, the other side wants it abolished (communist manifesto).

The two views of rights are diametric opposites.