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> But you don't get to live near society and not "opt in" to our laws. You can protest the laws, you can choose to break the laws (and face any consequences). B
by Dracophoenix 4y ago
> But you don't get to live near society and not "opt in" to our laws. You can protest the laws, you can choose to break the laws (and face any consequences). But you can't just pretend that anarchy should be the default status until you sign some imagined physical contract.
Prohibition was defeated because people broke the laws curtailing their individual freedom to drink alcohol. Individuals have been smoking marijuana despite a federal and state bans on it with the latter being being lifted recently but speedily. The abortion issue, at this moment, concerns the right of one to opt out of laws that curtail bodily independence.
The social contract is fiction. Every freedom that has ever been sought or protected starts with the individual spiting the mandates of society while circumventing or blunting its punishments. That's not anarchy but a foundational cornerstone of liberty.
- the_only_law 4y ago> Individuals have been smoking marijuana despite a federal and state bans on it with the latter being being lifted recently but speedily sigh I was hoping we’d see recreational In Florida, as even the older more conservative people seem to have embraced it. I believe it was supposed to be a ballot option, but it was struck down apparently because pendantic lawyers took issue with a single phrase. I’m not sure why that means it has to be removed for this ballot, why can’t the proposers just fix the wording and resubmit.