An excerpt from an article at Strike the Root. Obamacare is the forced subjugation of people, which is of course an attribute of slavery....have fun...slaves.
Why is slavery wrong? Slavery is wrong because it treats the two parties as inherently different with respect to each other, and they are not. In the relationship between ruler and ruled, the ruled party is treated as chattel and the ruling party assumes the role of directing the ruled party’s actions.
What is equality? In human social interaction, being equal does not mean being identical. No two people are identical. Equality means that with respect to other humans, and in interacting with them, the moral stature of each is identical in the absence of any contrary evidence. This is because in relevant respects, they are both free-willed autonomous individuals.
What are rights? It doesn’t matter what rights are. What matters is that they are the same for each person, again in the absence of any contrary evidence. This is what it means to say, “All men are created equal.” Slavery is an instant denial of rights, because it instantly denies the equal rights of the two parties.
How can slavery happen if each person has equal rights? Slavery doesn’t “happen;” slavery is done. Slavery is one party denying the equal standing of the other party, and it can only be done through forceful coercion. Without that, the ruled party may walk away from the ruler and the slavery doesn’t occur.
Why is the threat of slavery–or aggression or compulsion–wrong? As all humans are creatures of free will, the declaration of the intent to impose physical aggression against another, is tantamount to actually doing it.
