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  1. 22nd May 2015, 01:55 #1
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    Default Positive and negative rights

    I have heard that the difference between positive and negative rights as explained by bourgeois theorists is a false dichotomy - that so called positive rights could also be explained as negative rights.

    Can anyone explain why this is so? Can you explain "the right to drinking water" as a negative right or the "right to free speech" as a positive right?

    In other words, how do you argue with this guy - youtube.com/watch?v=gXOEkj6Jz44
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