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Water is a human right and Constitutional right


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"All vital sources of production those essential for the lives of the people must be controlled by the state."

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I completely disagree with the idea that any state should have control over the source of what allows the people to live. This, I think, is another way of enforcing a kind of slavery because if the state controls the water and food of its people, that state can practically force its people to do anything that the state wants.

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I currently live in an area that has a somewhat decent control over my resources. In fact, it's the same source that has control everyone's resources that are necessary for living and I am sure that there are many others that feel the same way.

Question

Has there been anybody that tried to make a stand against the power that has control over their life's necessities?


The Dominant Policy Approach On The Right to Water

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 "Water is a common good, one of the basic public goods. At Suez, we are opposed to the private ownership of water resources precisely because, in our eyes, water is not a commodity."

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Water is indeed a "common good" but the idea of someone "privately" owning a source of water is absurd. Water is one of nature's finest sources that gives us, the people, life. No one person truly owns water because it rightfully belongs to the planet.

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My life, as well as everyone else, revolves around having available water and if someone were to own the water, they pretty much would own everyone else.

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Why would people see water as a non-commodity?

The Fights for the Right to Water

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“It’s sure that the state takes the side of the industry!"

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Since when does the state choose the people over the industry? Having power is all about having money and lots of it. The industries make money for the state and it makes perfect sense for the state to defend its "source of power."

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Power is something that everyone wants by any means necessary. I think that the people shouldn't have to fear a reigning power such as a state but at the same time have boundaries and limits as to how far they concern themselves with business.

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Are the industries for the people, for the higher power, or for itself?