No, we no longer have that right. We don't live under capitalism but 'necrocapitalism' that only gives rights to those in the in-group.
We must fight for our rights now, they have been alienated from us.
We must fight for our rights now, they have been alienated from us.
This idea of a nice binary black and white cutoff for rights does not, and has not ever existed. This really is an absurdist American viewpoint. Let's make an example
"it's my legal right to pour a cup of water out on my property"
And, no one would really disagree with that.
"So I'm going to do it with a million cups of water all at once"
In which a flood happens destroying others property..., then we would see that the measure of ones actions is the consequences to others. If you make a car for yourself, go ahead and build it how you want. If you are making a mass produced product it's no longer about you or your rights. It's a superposition of your rights, the buyers rights, and the 'publics' rights as you dispose of that product.
The maker starts with a right to make a product as they see best. The buyer has a right to purchase or not. The “public’s” rights are an interesting concept.
I'm pretty sure we're not even on the same planet at this point. If you think this is true, go produce some products as 'you see best' and see how long before you end up in criminal/civil court. There are myriads of regulations on what you can and cannot put in products that are sold to others. To think otherwise is a level disillusionment that only the most staunch libertarians reach.
The public has rights, the market is not a free for all do to whatever you'd like.
As a business person in any industry this is already true in 1000 mostly reasonable ways that mostly derive from outrageous behavior of prior actors in your space. In that context it seems ridiculous to argue against 1001 on principle unless the specific regulation is itself ill advised. The only justification it needs is for it to be a net positive.
Basically why do 338 million people give a fuck if a handful of people want to do user hostile things. Do them somewhere else.
control of a political situation by those outside the conventional or lawful realm, typically involving violence and intimidation.
If we mutually understand that is literally how the world works everywhere then going back and pretending that society needs to justify "taking away Elon's rights to sell consumer hostile cars" then we are being intellectually dishonest. The same way you are being intellectually dishonest by denigrating simple democracy as "mob rule".
The big fish eat the small fish and the game becomes easier the bigger you get.