The Definition and Universal Applicability of Natural Right

[jordan179]

The historical record of the claim to superiority, either as regards untested materials for bridges or untested orders for society, is not a good one. Almost the only successful revolutions in post-medieval times -- "successful" in that they not merely brought down corrupt or unjust regimes but then built something better in their places which

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[ford_prefect42]

Here's the thing. You can see how things *have* worked out. The charities that are gone are gone, the government houses that are there are there, etcetera. What you cannot see, nor can anyone else, is what *didn't* happen. You cannot see the homes that have been closed due to excessive taxation, you cannot see the doctors that have stopped doing pro-bono work due to the broken tort system. This is not to say that the system would necessarily be better lacking these things, only that every path taken annihilates every path not taken.

From what I know of your situation, My understanding is that you need a fairly large amount of extremely high-end medical care. This is something that I, as a libertarian, am happy to start a discussion as to how we, as a society, can provide for you, even if it exceeds your earning capabilities. What it is not, is a "right". Nothing may be a right, if another human must provide it. This *does* extend to food, shelter, and clothing. I have been happy, over the course of my life, to provide housing to those that couldn't pay, clothing to those that couldn't pay for it, transportation to those that had no car, and so many other examples that I cannot enumerate them here. I did this not because they were the "rights" of the person I was doing them for, but instead, because I, as a person, felt that it would do the person more good than it would harm me. At this point, I rarely do such things, mostly because there exist government programs that steal my money to provide these things to people that do nothing to improve themselves.

I therefore ask you to consider what the situation might have been had all those "positive rights" not been billed to the charitable to begin with as opposed to what the situation is after the destruction of the charitable spirit in this country. I don't know that it would have been better, but I have to admit, it would be hard for it to be worse.

[pathia]

Private charities existed, there wasn't a lack for them, in fact there were quite a few.

The issue is, they rejected me at the door.