History is mostly a record of just those kinds of “anti-people” laws. In the UK their history is practically defined by them, with arguably the most famous bein

History is mostly a record of just those kinds of “anti-people” laws. In the UK their history is practically defined by them, with arguably the most famous being Acts of Enclosure dating back to the very early 17th century. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclosure_Acts https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclosure_Acts They hang the man and flog the woman Who steals the goose from off the common Yet let the greater villain loose That steals the common from the goose. In fact the history of European and American law tended to emphasize draconian punishments for minor crimes against the landed gentry, nobility, and aristocracy. If you want a present example consider the real impact of the war on drugs, and cui bono. The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did. John Erlichhman