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Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 15, 2023

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

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Are there any works about the value of talking about power instead of rights? I feel that people talk about rights to the extent that they are unable or unwilling to actually accept that they've accepted the existence of a supposed right to be powerful. I get why it's done, it's easy to restrict the most threatening institution, the government, when you talk about legal rights, but it leads to ideas that lead ultimately to people being less free when a focus on power would enable, in my opinion, more people to live freer lives.