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"'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. If you want to know if someone is on the left or the right, ask them, 'What is more important: human rights or property rights?' If they say 'Property rights are a human right,' then they are on the right." -- Steven Brust, quoted by @pluralistic
Or, as #Proudhon more succinctly put it, 'Proper tea is theft'.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/08/wilhoitian/#human-rights-v-property-rights
@simon_brooke @pluralistic the Latin word "privatus" means something like "stolen" or "taken".
@Nichol @simon_brooke @pluralistic Roman languages still have the verb "privar (Sp.)", meaning to take something away from someone, implying it is something they should have or keep.
@simon_brooke @ernestowg @pluralistic @Nichol
In French the word 'privé' means 'private' or 'prevented of having' according to the use...
@simon_brooke @pluralistic shit like this is the reason we live in the neoliberal wasteland that is late stage capitalism.
It keeps people afraid of anything remotely leaning left. Good work perpetuating peoples fear and keeping them on the right.
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