Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community have rights.
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The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.
Freedom without rules doesn't work. And communities do not work unless they are regulated by etiquette.
Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.
They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways.
The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of human rights.
Individuals can resist injustice, but only a community can do justice.
The world is full of nations that are part of the community of nations that don't respect rights.
The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.
What we don't have a right to is healthcare, housing, or handouts. We don't have those rights.
Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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