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by duncan_bayne
2086 days ago
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> Then if someone is acting up, it's only a matter of figuring out which unrelated laws they are already breaking. Rand was writing about this in 1957: "Did you really think we want those laws observed? ... We want them to be broken. ... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt." |
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