Rights once meant protection from government. Today, they’re often framed as claims upon it. Drawing on Enlightenment thinkers and American founding principles, this episode examines how the meaning of “rights” has shifted: from liberty to entitlement, from natural law to government grant. As deficits soar and policy expands, the cost of moral confusion is becoming more than theoretical.

Can a free society survive when every wish becomes a right?

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