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Right to live (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠granted even by feudalism, and had to be knocked out of people's heads for capitalism to rise — that was the main point of classical economics.

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Right to live (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠declared a simple fallacy by the new economic science: a man the labor market cannot use has, said Malthus, no business to be where he is.

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Right to live (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠denied by early economic science, and the masses drew the conclusion: if we have no right to live, you have no right to rule.