Comment by tomcam

> What are good reasons for not having this right by default?

Getting tired of such free use of the word “right”. [EDIT: see bottom of this post!]

I will assume you’re not from the US, or are using hyperbole when you use the term “right”. Here in the USA our rights are clearly defined in the Constitution & Bill of Rights and they have a special quality: Our military and politicians literally swear not to defend King or country, but the Constitution, which represents a set of rights no human is allowed to abridge.

Rights are things we send our sons and daughters to die for in war.

So maybe you mean something a bit less dramatic?

EDIT: After my bloviating I reversed my position based on something the parent posted regarding government subsidies. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25506982