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by ars 1102 days ago
That's the purpose of my rhetoric.

If we go by your definition, there's nothing left. Every single one of those things requires parts and if you're going to require all of that to be nonprofit, there's no commercial activity left.

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I don't necessarily agree. If I have a "right" to transport that doesn't mean the government has to give me a car, maybe they provide a train and if I want a car I have to buy it commercially.

Even of the things listed above, their being a basic right doesn't preclude someone buying them. I pay for electricity like almost everyone else.here, but it won't be taken away from me even if I do not pay (though it's not worth the hassle unless I have really cannot afford to pay).

I don't agree either, but that is the content of the message I was replying to, and it's the basis of this part of the discussion.