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Originally Posted by Hayekian
And thus you essentially end up in the place I've described, that rights are a useful concept that allows men to live together in peace and to their mutual benefit, that helps us build The Good Society where all men have an opportunity to flourish and build The Good Life for themselves, and that this is true because it fits well with man's nature. They are a concept - not a thing. They have meaning only in the context of a particular thing, which is humans living in society.
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Where he ends up is in your salt mine... having accepted the rules and the modern reasoning that his rights are passe and gone for good... "OH WELL! It was a nice ride and while the idea seemed like a good one, there's a new reality now and MAN THAT'S ONE HELLUVA LOT OF SALT!"
The man that understands that God gave him his life, thus his rights and that
no man has a right to the product of his labor without his good consent... THAT man will not be enslaved ... PERIOD. While you may have sufficient power at one point to cuff him, the instant he has a chance to destroy you; you will be destroyed.