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What if the law is unjust? What if the government is corrupt? What if the people are corrupt and stupid? Why is it that so many need the above explained?
by rajacombinator 10y ago
What if the law is unjust?
What if the government is corrupt?
What if the people are corrupt and stupid?
Why is it that so many need the above explained?
- TeMPOraL 10y agoWhat if the law feels unjust only because you're on a receiving end? What if government is corrupt in general, but not every legislation it produces is broken because of that? What if it's you who is stupid by failing to understand the greater impact of the law on society, only focusing on your own costs and benefits? Those are questions that one has to ask oneself too when considering breaking a law. People don't speed or evade taxes because government is corrupt and people are stupid. They do so mostly because they're lazy and selfish. Dumping costs and risk on other parties is easy, but it's not a way to live in a civilized world. Again, I'm not saying all laws are Words of God - just that there's a difference between breaking something out of necessity because it's unjust or totally broken, and breaking something to exploit it for personal profit / encouraging others to do so.