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The world does not owe you the right to exist, either. Not under US-type capitalism.


I prefer to believe otherwise. In the words of the Desiderata¹

You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

¹- https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html


US-type capitalism is a high-level concept though. The right of an individual to exist - existence in effect being its own justification - is such a lower level concept, that something so lofty as capitalism can’t really have any bearing on the issue.

It’s not a question of whether capitalism allows our existence - it’s very obviously the other way around.


The U.S capitalist system / democracy does not try to guarantee the existence of its members ? That's a dark take. It could do a much better job but I think there's at least a minimal, some would say sufficient, effort made to support the existence of members of society.


> The world does not owe you the right to exist

I mean thats just nature. Darwin etc.

Maybe you should try the DPRK?


Hold up

Nature does give everyone the right to exist without justification.

I'm not sure what Darwin has to say on the matter. He doesn't strike me as prescriptive.


> Yet you participate in society. Curious!


There is a vast spectrum between US-style neoliberal-late-capitalism and the DPRK, maybe both extremes just need to die to stop this kind of stupid thought-terminating cliché for once.




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