Do the people of Afghanistan deserve liberty?
“Do the people of Afghanistan deserve liberty?”
Sure...do the people in the 80% of the world that don’t have it deserve it? Sure. Go get ‘em Tiger...
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Interesting question. Of course all humans are born deserving liberty. Some surrender it, either through breaching a social contract which results in their incarceration, while others more subtly prop up and empower those who ultimately revoke it. Even our founders recognized that while all men philosophically 'deserve' liberty, the only ones who would pragmatically get to enjoy it were those willing to make a stand on its behalf.