I sure hope Gabriel likes my music, when the day is done.

I intentionally left "right to" vague, but I did have a specific meaning in mind. If a society is unwilling to exercise and protect its rights, is an authority justified in removing them? Or, perhaps, put another way, is it an injustice if said society loses those rights?
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I'm not particularly interested in defining "liberty" and "democracy" right now either.