content: Explain logically where our "natural rights" would come from? Unless you rely on bullshit explanations like Gods, or believe that somehow as a result of simply being human we magically manifest a metaphysical trait you call rights, there is no source to claim the existence of natural rights. The only valid definition of rights is roughly "a set of privileges that cannot be infringed", however no such privileges exist naturally, thus a declaration of rights is necessary which can come from a governing body or come as a result of social consensus, but those "rights" will likely only be respected and defended by the body that issues the declaration, and any allied powers that share the same values.  The Bill of Rights is meaningless if there is no power behind it, and that power has to come from somewhere, either socially enforced or in the case of the US Bill of Rights as the result of  governmental decree. To me, the very idea of rights inherently places you under whatever authority is supposedly granting those rights. Rights are an extension of authoritarianism, and I don't see a way around that. I'm not saying that is inherently a bad thing or rights are a bad idea, but they are not natural.