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Make a word meaningless: add “social” in front of it!

Michael Cannon at the Cato Institute makes a great point:

[HuffPo blogger Jesse Larner writes that] “Cannon is not in favor of universal coverage as a social right.” True, that.  “As a libertarian, he doesn’t even recognize the concept of social rights.”  I believe it was Friedrich Hayek who said there’s no better way to strip a word of its meaning than to place the word “social” in front of it.  Try it yourself .  I suggest using words like security, contract, justice, responsibility…

Read the whole post:  My Overdue Response to Jesse Larner.