• cynar@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Show me an atom of equality, or a molecule of freedom. They don’t exist in the universe. Just like rights, they are a lie made true by our common belief in them.

    The idea of Rights is embedded in society. That embedding has a lot of value. It stops people riding roughshod over them.

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      you can observe equality. you can see whether people are treated equally.

      rights are routinely ignored or revoked.