Rights require money

If a city’s public transit system is broken, is it really a failure of engineering or a failure of justice?We often talk about human rights as if they exist in a vacuum of laws and courts, but this piece argues that rights are fundamentally tied to the unglamorous, often invisible machinery of global finance. By tracing the journey of a Nairobi commuter, it reveals how the gap between our high-minded ideals and the reality on the ground is actually a structural choice. It’s a compelling look at why we need to stop treating fiscal policy and human dignity as separate conversations if we ever want to build a more equitable world.Read at source: Aeon