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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
HUGE disagreement here. If the US were to dissolve, I'd still have the right to free speech and religion. I'd still have the right to be reasonably secure in my home. I'd still have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and I'd still have the right to keep and bear arms to protect and secure those other rights. The government does not grant these rights to me, they are inalienable rights as written by the founders who acknowledged that they pre-exist.
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The problem with that outlook is that, if there is no government to enforce your beliefs and somone happens to disagree with you, tough shit. When there is no government or cohesive set of social norms, there is only one right, and that is the right of the strong to impose their will.