Indeed, and there is an even darker side to this, which is what you get when the government starts selectively enforcing these ridiculous laws. Play ball with t

Indeed, and there is an even darker side to this, which is what you get when the government starts selectively enforcing these ridiculous laws. Play ball with the oligarchy, and they'll ignore that you didn't bother to go through all various red tape stuff (because no one can actually meet all those requirements and stay in business). Pose a threat to them, and find your property confiscated and very likely facing criminal charges. This is Oppression 101, first week. I challenge anyone to find an unequivocally oppressive regime which does not engage in this tactic. I'm not totally disagreeing with the article, because these tactics can be useful as long as you keep the long-term goal in mind: overturning stupid or onerous legislation. But if in doing this you foster a culture which does not respect rule of law, you most definitely will not challenge the legitimacy of the really oppressive regimes - rather, you will enable them.