The Rant-Unalienable Rights?

The assertion that rights come from the government is a fundamental untruth that undermines the origin and resilience of human rights. The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. This perspective, often associated with immoral ideologies, misrepresents the origin and resilience of human rights. The state can retract, revise, or revoke these rights, transforming them into conditional privileges subject to political majorities, legislative decrees, or arbitrary decisions. Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke posit that rights are inherent, woven into human existence as sentient, moral agents. The role of government is not to create rights but to secure and protect them. Constitutions, bills of rights, and democratic processes are meant to establish mechanisms for exercising inherent rights, resolving disputes, and limiting governmental power to prevent encroachment upon individual autonomy. The debate over the source of rights is foundational to the kind of society we build, and embracing the idea that rights are inherent empowers individuals, limits tyranny, and fosters a society where liberty is a birthright, demanding constant vigilance and protection.