# In a libertarian society...

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 12, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-libertarian-society/599458 "2011-10-12T20:27:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-libertarian-society/599458/492 "2011-10-26T20:24:38Z")

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> [@kenetic](#):
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> that’s the exact point I’m trying to get you to address: All rights are negotiated.

That’s where we differ. I (and quite a few other people, including the founders of the United States) think that rights are non-negotiable. As in “inalienable”. No one can take away the man’s rights except the man himself, by his own decision.

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