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		simplecomplex on Dec 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Indian government to intercept, monitor, and decry... ALL human morality is quasi-religious. Democracy is fundamentally a moral philosophy. The crime of murder is "natural rights". Our whole society is built on natural rights.

dgzl on Dec 21, 2018 [–]

And from what I understand, this was a new point of view from governments at the time. The idea of natural born rights was kind of in stark contrast to how governments usually operated: with authority and a lack of respect of human rights.

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