"But those huge powers you gave yourself, they still stay there, making all sorts of actions technically illegal. It's the state which decides when it wants to

"But those huge powers you gave yourself, they still stay there, making all sorts of actions technically illegal. It's the state which decides when it wants to enforce them." It's not only to the state that the power accrues. Any individual copper can choose to ignore "guidance" if they don't like the look of someone.