Cannibal Water, Part 1

Everyone loves freedom. People should be able to do whatever they want, unless it negatively impacts someone else. Being a good neighbor, kind, and respectful towards others, comes first. If you behave that way, then fine, do whatever you want. I am a libertarian at heart. Everyone should get what they want, and everyone should want what is best for everyone else. Yeah, that would be a perfect world, huh?

Property rights activists are on the other end of the spectrum--they want their own interests to come first, before everyone else. They often sound like a deadbeat dad/mom, shirking their responsibilities, doing only what they want, ignoring their impacts on others.

"The necessity of pursuing happiness is the foundation of liberty. ...The pursuit of happiness, therefore, is not merely a matter of achieving individual pleasure. That is why Alexander Hamilton and other founders referred to 'social happiness.'" (Hamilton, 2008)

"The necessity of pursuing happiness [is] the foundation of liberty."