Thanks so much for your input on the topic! I appreciate healthy conversation and always try to promote it. I hope I did not come across as meaning that the right of liberty / pursuit of happiness means that everything should be given to them. Thus the ending of the post, meaning if you want something in life, go get it. Period. That’s what it comes down to for me. It’s true, we only have the right to pursue that as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others. But with that disclaimer, if you want something in life, go get it. Period.

Basically it is the same thing as liberty.

Many people today take it to mean the right to have a peachy, happy life, translating to socialist programs such as public schools, free health care, etc.

I don’t think you were making this mistake, but I just wanted to point out the distinction.