Positive and Negative Rights
Also posted on Bandoleered Bookworm and SteemIt.com SteemIt Is what we want always a lack of something? I've been looking for the word that succinctly and accurately represents what we are looking for in the "liberty movement." Of late, "libertarian" has fit the bill, because "liberal" has been tainted by back-biting power-hungry abusers. "Freedom" leads back to "freeneck." Unfortunately, a "freeneck" is a guy lacking a yoke. "Liberty" instantly - for me - brings to mind "at liberty," as in a sailor solider that has been allowed to have a day off from his contracted servitude. There is a good, basic foundation for "liberty," especially after the United States revolutionary civil war, but it is still tainted by being let loose from something. What's the right word? Maybe it needs to be invented - or discovered. Or maybe it will never really exist. This all leads back to the...