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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 18 March 2016 07:59:10AM 1 point [-]

Progressives/leftists believe it's OK to define rights over things that don't exist yet (say, food that isn't yet planted ..

No, leftists thinks you have rights to things, not over things. Insisting that a right can only be over something pretty well begs the question in favour of property rights.