Reply #191: Sorry that you don't get it

[Mairead]

No right exists except when you can use it. Did the people who were illegally rounded up (http://www.why-war.com/news/2003/01/17/bosshogt.html) in DC have rights? Sure, in theory. But in practice they had none at that point because they couldn't avail themselves of them.

The same is true of poor people. And if you think there aren't many poor people, then you need to look at Prof. Wolff's economic trend analysis. If you think they don't matter as much as the better-off, then there's nothing more to be said.

Wealth is the key to rights today. Until we change the underlying system, that will continue to remain true. Nominal rights are needed, but they're nowhere near the whole package.