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Truth is, every law is based on people who ruin it for everybody else. That is how marijuana got outlawed in the first place. People has this belief that we are
by mkhpalm 13y ago
Truth is, every law is based on people who ruin it for everybody else. That is how marijuana got outlawed in the first place. People has this belief that we are somehow rewarded for passing thousands of new laws every year. The resulting authoritarian society is just the unintended consequence. Nobody actually picks authoritarianism on purpose.
- lukifer 13y agoDig a little deeper on the history of anti-cannabis laws, and you'll find they're rooted primarily in fear of Mexicans and blacks. Sometimes authoritarianism is the goal, not the side effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger
- auctiontheory 13y agoPeople has this belief that we are somehow rewarded for passing thousands of new laws every year. The people in Congress are called "lawmakers." That's the problem right there. Even if society were to reach an ideal 100% perfect state, they'd still need to pass more laws to justify their jobs, so we'd soon be broken again.
- baddox 13y ago> Truth is, every law is based on people who ruin it for everybody else. On the contrary, I think only unreasonable laws are based on people who ruin it for everybody else. Law banning murder and theft, for example, are reasonable and could exist in a world without murder and theft without effecting anyone. However, laws banning firearms or lock picks are unreasonable, and if implemented in a world without murder and theft would effect many people.