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Originally Posted by nmap
In general, the answers have boiled down to: Own a big house and make a lot of money. Things such as are covered in the Bill of Rights are never (yes, seriously - never over the course of years) mentioned.
This semester, I probed deeper. I asked if they would repudiate some rights - the example I used was freedom of speech - for a one time payment. The consensus was that for $50,000 or so, they would be glad to sell their rights.
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That actually kind of scares me. Over the years I know I have become rather jaded about many things and therefore believe that the majority of people are indeed idiots. The idea, however, that someone would be willing to "sell" his/her rights (which one being irrelevant) for the pitance of $50K or so just boggles my mind. Have these individuals you have spoken to become so protected and mentally isolated that they really don't know the true value of those rights? Can they not see and comprehend what people all over the world go through that do not have those rights? Truly amazing.