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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude
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The person that wrote this cartoon is either an idiot or a pure propagandist....
These are not freedoms, these are powers. You may as well write, "Do I have the freedom to go into your house and take things?"
In the first example, someone wants the power to force you to do business with them. If you have your own business, then you should not be forced to have a transaction with anyone that you don't wish to. You should not be forced to do business with me if you don't want to. If your choices offend other people, then they are free to boycott you and protest you and persuade others not to do business with you.
In the second example, someone wants the power to force you to build your building the way that they want it built. So if someone decides that the doors in your house must be 10 feet tall, then the government forces you to do that, this is not a freedom, this is power over you. If your choices as to how you decide to design your building make it more difficult for people to get in to it, the the market will reflect that, and you will lose business.
In the third example, someone wants the power to force you to pay them what they decide that they should be paid, not what you want to pay them. This is something that should be freely negotiated between people acting voluntarily, not dictated by a government under threat of force. If someone feels underpaid, they can leave and take their skills and value elsewhere. (p.s. if you look at how the figures are calculated, you will see that those "statistics" about what men and women earn are totally erroneous, but that's a different debate).
In the fourth example, the man has a valid argument, and this is where the power of the government can come into play, by providing a civil court in which the injured party can take action against the party which has hurt them and their property. That is far different then the government itself taking the action, however.
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