Comments by "Ōkami-san" (@mweibleii) on "The Difference between a Right and a Privilege ..." video.

  1. Who says opening a business is a privilege??? Every American is born with sovereignty and at one time our constitution prevented the State from standing between two adults voluntarily interacting with one another. This was known as freedom. Thanks to progressives like Thom here, we lost that civil liberty. We no longer have the right to conduct many forms of business and must ask permission from our so called civil servants and they then decide for us what we can or can not do.
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  2. Thom is off his crocker - again. Opening a business is a civil right. Not a privilege. Well, it was, Thanks to Progressives we lost that freedom. As for why people open a business - that's up to the people who decide to open their business. Maybe they open it to make a ton of money. Maybe they love helping the poor. Maybe they just want to pay the bills and because they can't find a job, they create one. In a FREE society they'll only stay in business IF people like what they're selling. 
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  3. Think of it this way, opening a business is no different than any other voluntary relationship. Other than money exchanges hands. What Thom is saying, is the State should decide if your relationships are for the Good of the State and Society and then you can pay the State for the privilege of forming those relationships. If the State deems your relationship is not for the Good of Society, then no, you are not allowed to legally engage in that relationship. These sociopath Progressives are the reason why gays cannot get married. Because gay was deemed 'not good for society' and therefor the State restricted those relationships.
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  4. Jenni Lee I didn't say owning a business is a civil "Right". I said OPENING a business WAS a right - long ago. When we were a freer nation of people. As a matter of fact, there's little difference between opening a business and selling a service or good and offering to perform labor, which is itself selling a service - labor. The Progressive State has also restricted this as well. Thus, of course we are becoming a poorer less prosperous society and will continue to become so as more and more progressive regulations make it nearly impossible for anyone to do anything. Anyway, let's let empiricism see who is correct. Are Americans opening less businesses and are restrictions increasing? Are we becoming poorer? So far? Restrictions and regulations increase (by the millions of lines of legal code) each year and less and less Americans want to bother wasting their time opening up a business - particularly when people like Thom run their name's through the mud. I personally wouldn't open a bussiness up in the USA. No way. It's not worth the regulatory hassle, combined with how litigation happy we Americans are. That said, overseas I probably will open up a business. I find Asia is much freer than the USA, personally. Also, I like the Asian "Can Do" attitude and Asians have a good work ethic and positive attitude about doing work when at work. Asians don't sue as much either. It's easy to organize to do business over a handshake - and some are much more trustworthy. In my experience. So, there you go, another American entrepreneur makes plans to leave and provide goods and services to others outside of the USA. Your understanding of a "right" vs a "privledge" isn't going to do squat to keep me or other's like me here in the USA. We will not be investing and working hard to make our nation a better place - no, we'll do that elsewhere, for other people's benefit. And get this, I imagine, I won't be hassled over the nuances of having the 'right' to own a businesses vs the 'right' to be allowed to freely OPEN a new business. A small added bonus :)
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