Universal and Particular Rights. When The Tail Wags The Dog.

I’m not quite sure where particular rights fit or if they are even legal. Universal rights apply to everyone. They apply to the entire body of the governed. Certain universal rights are applicable towards non-citizens. Rights of a country are only applicable within the boundaries and borders of that country.

When there are special rights for a particular people, then you advantage that group with privileges over the majority. Particular rights segregate that group from the whole. This runs counter to the spirit and intent of universal rights which apply to all.

Granting one group of people special rights and considerations grants special privileges that the majority does not have. Whenever one group of people are given special rights, privileges and considerations over another group, it generates and perpetuates envy, anger, descent, and hatred. Class envy is the root of class warfare.

There are no concerns of class with universal rights. All men are created equal and treated as such.

Particular rights segregate and advantage one small group, a micro-class. This micro-class self-govern and self-determine not only their rights, but their own system of justice. The micro-class sets the standard for right and wrong, determines what is just or not and what punishment/compensation is warranted. This segregated micro-class rules the majority, the universal class of people.

Becoming a protected micro-class becomes the goal because it secures their position, station, and power over the majority.

The tail now wags the dog.

Bill Hitchcock