Originally Posted by
Proudelitist
What? Freedom of movement is a right in most countries..but there is nothing specifying a right to a specific MODE of movement.
If it were a right, we wouldn't be paying for it.
You're conflating a
right to travel with
free provision of travel services, which is
not at all what I said. One is free to travel by any means available (with limited reasonable controls of course - traffic laws, safety standards, etc - the extent of such regulation may be a subject for debate). Since the time that airline service began operation, people are as free to travel by air as they are to travel by horse, train, or walking. That doesn't mean the government is provisioning air travel for free, any more than they're providing free hay for horses, diesel for trains, or food to sustain one's energy in walking. The right to a free press doesn't imply the government buys printing presses and paper...the right to bear arms doesn't mean the government is giving out free rifles.
It's still up to us (in a capitalist system) to purchase air travel as with most any other supply or service! That doesn't take away our
right to do so!