Is education a human right?

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emigrate or degenerate. the choice is yours
Tertiary however, isn't.
It's getting to the point where it should be, though.
Not really. Declaring it a universal right for everyone would only devalue college degrees, virtually rendering them worthless.

If people want to enroll into higher paying fields they should expect to put some semblance of work in.
Too bad that's what is happening anyways? When more people go to College, the value of Associate degrees is next to nothing; now it is Bachelors or higher.. How long do you think those will last? How long before we will be required to have PH.Ds to get jobs that people could just do if they learn from a  bunch of FREE instructional videos on the internet?
That's basically my point. Shoving out degrees like hot cakes is only really going to kick the problem down the line.
Last Edit: December 28, 2014, 10:57:50 AM by Madman Mordo


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emigrate or degenerate. the choice is yours
Rights don't exist.

So, no.
What exactly do you and Molyneux mean by this?

Nobody has the right to life? Nobody has the right to pursue their own destiny?


 
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This is not the greatest sig in the world, no. This is just a tribute.
Rights don't exist.

So, no.
What exactly do you and Molyneux mean by this?

Nobody has the right to life? Nobody has the right to pursue their own destiny?
Not inherently. Human rights are a societal concept.


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emigrate or degenerate. the choice is yours
Rights don't exist.

So, no.
What exactly do you and Molyneux mean by this?

Nobody has the right to life? Nobody has the right to pursue their own destiny?
Not inherently. Human rights are a societal concept.
Yeah, no shit. Abstraction doesn't automatically negate something's existence.

Debt, love and power are societal and abstract concepts too, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.


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Rights don't exist.

So, no.
Alright. Then you are now officially my slave! Yea for no rights!
You only have as much power as I delegate to you.  You can say you own me all you want, but what does that mean if I don't recognize your ownership?


 
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This is not the greatest sig in the world, no. This is just a tribute.
Rights don't exist.

So, no.
What exactly do you and Molyneux mean by this?

Nobody has the right to life? Nobody has the right to pursue their own destiny?
Not inherently. Human rights are a societal concept.
Yeah, no shit. Abstraction doesn't automatically negate something's existence.

Debt, love and power are societal and abstract concepts too, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
You only have rights because we live in a society that promotes them. We can observe the use of power in nature to dominate others.


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Rights don't exist.

So, no.
What exactly do you and Molyneux mean by this?

Nobody has the right to life? Nobody has the right to pursue their own destiny?
Is your right to life being violated if I kill you while you're attempting to rob me?  If your destiny is to kill off an entire race, and others stop you from doing so, are they violating your right to your destiny?  I guess you could say that your destiny violates others' right to life, which makes it invalid, but then that's society determining the boundaries of your "right", not nature.


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emigrate or degenerate. the choice is yours
Rights don't exist.

So, no.
What exactly do you and Molyneux mean by this?

Nobody has the right to life? Nobody has the right to pursue their own destiny?
Is your right to life being violated if I kill you while you're attempting to rob me?  If your destiny is to kill off an entire race, and others stop you from doing so, are they violating your right to your destiny?  I guess you could say that your destiny violates others' right to life, which makes it invalid, but then that's society determining the boundaries of your "right", not nature.
Infringing on others rights is not a right. The first scenario abdicates my rights since I would be infringing on your property rights. The second scenario is once again, an infringement on the bodily autonomy of an entire race. Nice strawman.
Last Edit: December 28, 2014, 10:48:20 AM by Madman Mordo


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emigrate or degenerate. the choice is yours
Rights don't exist.

So, no.
What exactly do you and Molyneux mean by this?

Nobody has the right to life? Nobody has the right to pursue their own destiny?
Not inherently. Human rights are a societal concept.
Yeah, no shit. Abstraction doesn't automatically negate something's existence.

Debt, love and power are societal and abstract concepts too, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
You only have rights because we live in a society that promotes them. We can observe the use of power in nature to dominate others.
I can't help but think this a very semantics based argument.


 
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This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
Rights don't exist.

So, no.
Alright. Then you are now officially my slave! Yea for no rights!
Rights are just privileges society affords you, codified in law.



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We always say to fight fire, you must use fire. This is wrong. Fighting fire with fire will leave scars and a new flame will rise. We must instead use water. It is the opposite of fire, it extinguishes the fire, it cools, it refreshes, it heals. We are made up of 70% water, we are not made up of 70% fire. Please practice what we truly are
Rights don't exist.

So, no.
Alright. Then you are now officially my slave! Yea for no rights!
Rights are just privileges society affords you, codified in law.
Yes. But the law has no right to enforce their laws, so I still win? How can law exist if there are no rights given? Its anarchy!
Last Edit: December 28, 2014, 05:22:17 PM by Forgewolf


 
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This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
Rights don't exist.

So, no.
Alright. Then you are now officially my slave! Yea for no rights!
Rights are just privileges society affords you, codified in law.
Yes. But the law has no right to enforce their laws, so I still win?
Might makes right.

Overthrow the government and establish your own legislature. Then you can tell the law it has no right to enforce itself.


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We always say to fight fire, you must use fire. This is wrong. Fighting fire with fire will leave scars and a new flame will rise. We must instead use water. It is the opposite of fire, it extinguishes the fire, it cools, it refreshes, it heals. We are made up of 70% water, we are not made up of 70% fire. Please practice what we truly are
Rights don't exist.

So, no.
Alright. Then you are now officially my slave! Yea for no rights!
Rights are just privileges society affords you, codified in law.
Yes. But the law has no right to enforce their laws, so I still win?
Might makes right.

Overthrow the government and establish your own legislature. Then you can tell the law it has no right to enforce itself.
How are they going to get might if no one is bound by law to serve to enforce such laws?
Last Edit: December 28, 2014, 05:25:31 PM by Forgewolf


 
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This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
How are they going to get might if no one is bound by law to serve to enforce such laws?
. . .

But they are bound by law. And the government uses its might to enforce it.


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We always say to fight fire, you must use fire. This is wrong. Fighting fire with fire will leave scars and a new flame will rise. We must instead use water. It is the opposite of fire, it extinguishes the fire, it cools, it refreshes, it heals. We are made up of 70% water, we are not made up of 70% fire. Please practice what we truly are
How are they going to get might if no one is bound by law to serve to enforce such laws?
. . .

But they are bound by law. And the government uses its might to enforce it.
Not if all the enforcers walked out at once. BAM! If the law says they have to serve, but they all leave, you can't say they don't have the right to leave, because they all just did and no might could stop it.
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This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
How are they going to get might if no one is bound by law to serve to enforce such laws?
. . .

But they are bound by law. And the government uses its might to enforce it.
Not if all the enforcers walked out at once. BAM!
Well, yeah. . . That's exactly my fucking point.

They'd immediately lose the might to enforce their will. Like what happened with Tsar Nicholas II in 1917; he was replaced by a more powerful establishment, with a better handle on enforcement. The enforcers only lack the right to leave if the government has enforcers of the enforcers, who enforce their lack of a right to leave.

 


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We always say to fight fire, you must use fire. This is wrong. Fighting fire with fire will leave scars and a new flame will rise. We must instead use water. It is the opposite of fire, it extinguishes the fire, it cools, it refreshes, it heals. We are made up of 70% water, we are not made up of 70% fire. Please practice what we truly are
How are they going to get might if no one is bound by law to serve to enforce such laws?
. . .

But they are bound by law. And the government uses its might to enforce it.
Not if all the enforcers walked out at once. BAM!
Well, yeah. . . That's exactly my fucking point.

They'd immediately lose the might to enforce their will. Like what happened with Tsar Nicholas II in 1917; he was replaced by a more powerful establishment, with a better handle on enforcement. The enforcers only lack the right to leave if the government has enforcers of the enforcers, who enforce their lack of a right to leave.
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Rights don't exist.

So, no.
What exactly do you and Molyneux mean by this?

Nobody has the right to life? Nobody has the right to pursue their own destiny?
Is your right to life being violated if I kill you while you're attempting to rob me?  If your destiny is to kill off an entire race, and others stop you from doing so, are they violating your right to your destiny?  I guess you could say that your destiny violates others' right to life, which makes it invalid, but then that's society determining the boundaries of your "right", not nature.
Infringing on others rights is not a right. The first scenario abdicates my rights since I would be infringing on your property rights. The second scenario is once again, an infringement on the bodily autonomy of an entire race. Nice strawman.
But by whose authority are your rights abdicated?


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Actually yes. Look what uneducated people are doing in places like the Middle East. So gullible and easy to make into brainwashed followers.


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Rights don't exist.

So, no.
Alright. Then you are now officially my slave! Yea for no rights!
Yeah, well he still has the ability to ignore you, and thus making your statement worthless.

You have to give something of equal value for a human to listen to you when there's no law. His life would be something, but then it'd have to be threatened, and you're not really doing that.


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Actually yes. Look what uneducated people are doing in places like the Middle East. So gullible and easy to make into brainwashed followers.
Same with the USA from a European POV.


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We always say to fight fire, you must use fire. This is wrong. Fighting fire with fire will leave scars and a new flame will rise. We must instead use water. It is the opposite of fire, it extinguishes the fire, it cools, it refreshes, it heals. We are made up of 70% water, we are not made up of 70% fire. Please practice what we truly are
Rights don't exist.

So, no.
Alright. Then you are now officially my slave! Yea for no rights!
Yeah, well he still has the ability to ignore you, and thus making your statement worthless.

You have to give something of equal value for a human to listen to you when there's no law. His life would be something, but then it'd have to be threatened, and you're not really doing that.
You got me there. I'd have to use my own personal might and chain him, but then I'd be in the clear.


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Rights don't exist.

So, no.
Alright. Then you are now officially my slave! Yea for no rights!
Yeah, well he still has the ability to ignore you, and thus making your statement worthless.

You have to give something of equal value for a human to listen to you when there's no law. His life would be something, but then it'd have to be threatened, and you're not really doing that.
You got me there. I'd have to use my own personal might and chain him, but then I'd be in the clear.
Assuming I haven't already paid a private security firm for protection.