I tend to lean into social contract theory to answer these kinds of thoughts.
A right is only a right insofar as it is enforced through social contract. Anyone claiming something is a right is voicing a perception that our current culture has innate social contracts enforcing the condition.
We see laws related to child care and the willingness from society to enact those laws through jail time, fines, etc.
The more and more immigrants are brought into society without the proper time needed to assimilate into the social contracts, the more we see those social contracts erode. If the majority of people no longer believe something is a 'right' to the point it is no longer enforced, it ceases to be a right. And vice versa. A group may establish 'rights' by establishing social contracts in society.
You can always have violation of rights, and the recourse is through whatever societal mechanisms that exist.
Reunto 0 points 4 months ago
I tend to lean into social contract theory to answer these kinds of thoughts.
A right is only a right insofar as it is enforced through social contract. Anyone claiming something is a right is voicing a perception that our current culture has innate social contracts enforcing the condition.
We see laws related to child care and the willingness from society to enact those laws through jail time, fines, etc.
The more and more immigrants are brought into society without the proper time needed to assimilate into the social contracts, the more we see those social contracts erode. If the majority of people no longer believe something is a 'right' to the point it is no longer enforced, it ceases to be a right. And vice versa. A group may establish 'rights' by establishing social contracts in society.
You can always have violation of rights, and the recourse is through whatever societal mechanisms that exist.