{"id":334,"date":"2013-11-19T18:25:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T02:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/?p=334"},"modified":"2015-06-16T17:15:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T00:15:08","slug":"brewster-on-his-book-the-tyranny-of-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/brewster-on-his-book-the-tyranny-of-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewster Kneen on his book The tyranny of rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tyranny-of-Rights.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-335 alignleft\" style=\"border: 3px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tyranny-of-Rights.png\" alt=\"Tyranny-of-Rights\" width=\"200\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>Brewster Kneen points out that a demand for a right is made to an authority which is deemed to have the ability (though not necessarily the intention) to grant the right. 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