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"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
by heyrhett 15y ago
"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." --Ayn Rand
- VladRussian 15y ago>you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. actual modern implementations aren't about guilt, they are more practical - by selectively enforcing these laws government can target anybody at any moment. There is a saying in Russia - "Given a man, it is always possible to find a law [he's broken]." ("Byl by chelovek, a statya naydettsya" :)