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by catalogia 2405 days ago
Basically, people have rights only insofar as governments consider that a convenient arrangement.
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Your rights are within the context of a society you live in.

People in different countries have different rights. And governments can usurp those rights as needed e.g. jail you, kill you.

Or in other words, rights only exist when both parties have a similar level of power.