The Right to Leave
Posted by LWinn 9 years, 1 month ago to Ask the Gulch
What right do objectivists say is the most fundamental? I ask because I know an anthropologist who says it is the right to leave.
While we're very happy to have you in the Gulch and appreciate your wanting to fully engage, some things in the Gulch (e.g. voting, links in comments) are a privilege, not a right. To get you up to speed as quickly as possible, we've provided two options for earning these privileges.
it does not mean that your neighbors have to pro-
vide you with necessities, but that they should not
interfere with your providing yourself with necessit-
ies.
Without that, no other right is possible, including the right to leave.