[fromthestart]

Because nutrition, education, and healthcare require resources and effort, one cannot guarantee their availability for all without forcing labor, thereby impinging on the freedoms of others. Thus they cannot be basic human rights without forcing some degree of inequality.

One should have every right to pursue such goals, but defining these as unalienable rights is incompatible with egalitarianism.

[hliyan]

This used to be my thought as well when I was a capitalist. But then I realized that this is a form of insurance. What we pay to maintain the welfare system in an insurance premium in case we need it one day. It is also a sort of social utility fee -- it reduces crime and makes society more livable. I'd gladly pay for these benefits...