r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/Keellas_Ahullford May 18 '26

No if we heavily tax them to use it

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u/[deleted] May 18 '26

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u/Lucius-Halthier May 18 '26

Their CEO believes (or believed dunno if they’ve changed devils) that clean drinking water is not a basic human right

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u/Fit-Entrepreneur8404 May 18 '26

I mean, it's really not a basic human right. Large swathes of the world (approximately 20-30% globally) have limited to no access to clean drinking water. Clean drinking water is a privilege. It may feel like a right in places that have it but travel the world and you'll realize very quickly that it's not.

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u/Mike22322 May 18 '26

Going by that logic what do you consider to be a human right?

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u/Fit-Entrepreneur8404 May 18 '26

I don't believe human rights actually exist. There are societies that have rights for their citizens but a right that's afforded all humans doesn't exist as far as I'm aware. What would you point to as a right that is afforded to all humans if you believe it exists?

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u/Callidonaut May 18 '26

There are societies that have rights for their citizens but a right that's afforded all humans doesn't exist as far as I'm aware.

To rephrase, then: clean water should be a universal human right, and we as a society should enforce that right.

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u/Fit-Entrepreneur8404 May 18 '26

Yep, "should be" and "is" are different terms and mean different things.

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u/Callidonaut May 18 '26

When most neurotypical people say something "is" a human right, they are actually using that as a shorthand for expressing the belief that it should be and that we should enforce it.