Yes building codes are laws, I’d say. You do have to take all of them, if your point is to show how many combined laws there are. You do not have to take all of

Yes building codes are laws, I’d say. You do have to take all of them, if your point is to show how many combined laws there are. You do not have to take all of them if your question is what are the rules about building a single-family home on this plot I own in Pasadena, CA. This is relevant to all the laws. I’m not part of a bank or a factory or a railroad, and I live and work in one specific city in a specific state. Therefore, the vast majority of laws that exist don’t apply or matter to me right now. The sum of laws that do apply to me aren’t that big or that complicated. Lots of other people have different situations, and banks and factories exist, so this is why we need to have lots of laws. I’m hopefully just stating the obvious, I’m just saying having a lot of laws isn’t a problem, and doesn’t demonstrate the thesis that it’s impossible to agree on what’s allowed. All it really demonstrates is there’s a lot of people that do a lot of different things.