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Should essential products like medicine and water be free for everyone?

For

Health and survival are basic human rights.

Against

Someone must pay for production and research costs.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Access to essentials needed for survival should be treated as a basic human right.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Water should be shared with anyone willing to cooperate on solving the world's water problem.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • Free services still require funding for infrastructure, staffing, production and enforcement.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Public costs ultimately have to be carried by taxpayers rather than disappearing.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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