Reply #186: Freedom, in the US, is recognized by the Constitution, not "the universal declaration

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of human rights." A collective has no rights other than the rights of each of its individual members. You do not obtain the right to enslave others by becoming a member of a group. In other words, if the things you listed were rights, the farmer, the grocer, the doctor, and the care-givers would become your slaves, if you are unable to provide for yourself.

If your survival needs are not being met, you have the right to pursue (pursuit of happiness) that which is in your own self-interest. But your self-interest cannot be achieved by the enslavement or murder of others. Rather, it must be achieved by the application of your aptitude and abilities and voluntary interaction with others. "Voluntary" is the key principle, for any association that involves coercion or force is absent of freedom.

Never forget that history's worst dictators (Hitler, Stalin, et al.) were collectivists.