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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Nothing is so galling to people, not broken in from the birth, as a paternal, or, in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink, and wear.
 
T.B. MacAulay, Southey's Colloquies [1830]

HORNBERGER'S BLOG

February 3, 2022
Leftists Have It Wrong on Rights
One of the central defects among leftists (that is, “liberals,” progressives, socialists, or interventionists) is their wrong-headed view of the nature of people’s rights. Their belief on this issue is one of the distinguishing characteristics between leftists and libertarians. Leftists believe that people’s rights come from the government or from the Constitution. As such, they view rights not so much as rights but ...
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