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What national government _does_ guarantee safe drinking water to its citizens? You are attacking the legitimacy of the US government by holding it to a standard that no nation on Earth is held to.

The US has regulations and they are enforced, with some local problems. Just like every other nation on Earth.

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You did a neat rhetorical trick there where you swapped out "recognizing a right" for "guarantee".

A right is not a guarantee of perfect outcomes.

Most countries do recognize the right, though implementation is obviously challenging. The US abstained, tellingly: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/687112?ln=en

The rhetorical trick was not mine. There are numerous people in this comment thread that used the word guarantee as a synonym or implied outcome of the word right.

What do you think a right is, if not a guarantee?

Do you think there's never been an instance of an unfair trial in the US despite the codified right to a fair trial?

A right is always just a declaration of aspiration and an accountability mechanism should said aspiration not be lived up to - it cannot by itself guarantee any outcome because implementation will always be imperfect.

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