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> The issue with that is that it is becoming increasingly difficult to live a normal American life without breaking a few laws every now and then, and not even
by chx 10y ago
> The issue with that is that it is becoming increasingly difficult to live a normal American life without breaking a few laws every now and then, and not even realizing it.
Well that has been the case for a while now, the Three Felonies A Day book https://smile.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594035229 https://smile.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/... is from 2009. Although of course the bombastic claim in the title is disputed http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/22530/does-the-average-american-unwittingly-commit-three-felonies-a-day http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/22530/does-the-a... it essentially claims the exact same as you.
- morganvachon 10y ago> * it essentially claims the exact same as you.* First, I never said "three felonies a day". Second, I have an inside view -- I work for a law enforcement agency in a civilian position and have worked in this field for a total of fifteen years -- and what I've seen bears out what I actually said. Not necessarily three felonies a day, but as I said, most Americans unknowingly break a few laws every now and then just living a normal daily life. The problem is that the number of infractions has been steadily increasing over the past century, and soon the Dystopian concept of "everything you do is illegal" will begin to ring true.
- chx 10y agoRight, as I said, the bombastic claim of the title is hardly true but if you deduct that from the book it does claim the same as you: ordinary people with ordinary lives will break some federal regulations now and then. Peace :)
- morganvachon 10y agoGotcha, I thought you were saying that I was claiming the wording of the title, not the actual content of the book.