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All human beings have the right to life. The right to life entails the right to all things needed for the continuation of life: the rights to food, water, shelter, safety, and health. I believe this: </p>
<p>“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”</p>
<p>Therefore, I hold that not only do the people have the right to life and the rights that that entails, but that it is the duty of government (a democratic one at that) to provide for these rights, for all of its citizens. When all of its citizens are provided for, it is the duty of that collection of people (in this case, the United States) to see that excess resources (not being used to provide for themselves or for vital infrastructure) be distributed to those outside the US, who, in their humanity, are their equals, but living and dying in inferior conditions. Furthermore, given that it is the duty of the government to provide for these things, I hold that The Declaration of Independence holds true in saying that when a government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and found in its place a government to live up to its duties.</p>
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What is is not what always has been, and businessmen are not required to produce food, water, and shelter. Those are base human needs, so they will be produced as long as humans are capable of this. Organized by a democratic government, this will entail much more equal distribution than when the right to life is treated as the paid privileged to life by businessmen.</p>
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<p>op·pres·sion
/əˈprɛʃən/ [uh-presh-uhn]
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- the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. </p>
<p>A government is not the only thing that can oppress. When the rich hold so much of the world’s resources that it is impossible for all who are poor to have enough to live, then the rich are, through their actions, oppressing the poor. A “free market” does not mean all are free, it means that the rich are free to oppress the poor. And we don’t have a free market. A free market entails being able to buy and sell anything, and an embodiment of this was slavery, when men bought and sold men in the “free market”. That, my friend, is what happens when we hold the free market above human rights.</p>
<p>Our government is a Democracy. Demos Kratos! “Power to the People”. That is democracy. Our economy, however, is not democratic. It is an oligarchy, where the power is held by the few, the rich, the elite, who own the businesses and corporations and stocks. When people say to take power away from government, they seek to take power from the people. When power is taken from the people, it is filled by the oligarchy of the “private sector”. I prefer a system where all are equal. When the poor man has one vote, and the rich man has one vote. This can be tainted by corruption, and that needs to be worked on, but the private sector IS the corruption that taints the government.</p>
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And you, biovball, have to quantify everything. It has to all be put in a little box with a name on it so you can throw eggs at it and call it names. Haha, but on point, a socialist, through and through. And proud.</p>