In the long term, the government is just a conduit - it matches and enforces transfers, it doesn't generate anything itself.
So, can we just get rid of it, then? :-/ I don't think we should take a detour into this area, but, let's say, a claim that government does not create any economic value would be... controversial.
a right to support directly requires SOMEONE to provide that support, doesn't it?
Yes, correct. All rights come as pairs of right and duty. Whatever is someone's right is someone else's duty.
I'm still confused about "rights over things that don't exist yet" and "rights that make it easy to ignore".
Asserting a right to eat is not just a statement about current food supply ownership or access. It's saying that, if food is later created, the right applies to that too. Conversely, if I have the right not to grow food or not to give it to someone else, I am allowed to ignore their pain.
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