Re: Bah, Happiness!
A collective action is fine, but be careful who you add to your collective.
Indeed. There seem to be two sorts of people: those who are obsessed by their Rights and those who, like Aristotle, believe we are born into a world with certain Obligations. What we see around us is the legacy of many preceding people's efforts. Therefore, if we are virtuous, will in turn endeavour to make our part of the world an even better place also.
An illustration of the former sort is a local woman who campaigned vigorously against forestry. The forest workers were continually harassed by greenies and prevented from earning their living when their machines were occupied by protesters. Finally the government colluded with the protesters and the forest workers were (nearly) all put out of business.
Local woman has built her house and planted a lovely orchard adjacent to the forest she claims to love. When informed it would all be for naught, she asked why.
Because when the February Dragon (bushfires) come, it will all be destroyed. She says: "I'll just call the fire brigade".
But she has put the fire brigade out of business because the forest workers and their machinery was the fire brigade. No amount of demanding her rights will create a fire brigade out of thin air. And the collective (population of the country) are now paying for the forest workers' dole, there being no suitable other employment for them. And of course small business suffers because the dole is ever so much less than the income they earned when usefully employed.
So it goes... Rights or Obligations?