Why An Ideal Society Would be Based on Consent.

"There are two possible ways for people to relate to each other, either voluntarily or coercively." - Doug Casey (click here for more)

Why the rule of law suffers when we have too many laws

Let's start by distinguishing  force and power...real power attracts cooperation; it has little need for force. When a government can’t depend on allegiance and voluntary compliance it must force people to obey. "The American governmental scheme is sliding ever closer towards a pervasive authoritarianism." (click here for more) Ironically, too many laws lead to anarchy.

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."
Tacitus (AD 56—120)

“There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters” ― Daniel Webster

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." --Thomas Jefferson

"we’re approaching a time in which we will be forced to choose between obeying the dictates of the government—i.e., the law, or whatever a government official deems the law to be—and maintaining our individuality, integrity and independence." (Click here for more)

Government demands submission. The question then becomes: How much and what kind of submission is acceptable? For more on the psychology of submission and obedience (see Milgram Experiment here). A libertarian government would require less submission.

"All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth" – Friedrich Nietzsche 

Truth and Justice is in the eye of the beholder. (click here for more) Trouble starts once that truth becomes a law and government forces it on those who see a different truth. This is why government can become the problem instead of the solution. Laws make you do things you think are false. Laws force Truths on people who don't believe. The ‘social contract’ is threatened by authoritarian governments. “Government that governs least governs best”. Yet, government has grown to regulate most aspects of our lives by force.

Power corrupts! Government power is no exception. Politics is all about power - the power to rig the system. Rigging the system is abuse of power. 👉 Maybe we need less governing and fewer laws. 

Wasn’t America supposed to be about limited government? We are far from the republic Franklin and his fellow patriots gave us.

“Rights aren’t rights if someone can take them away. They’re privileges.”—George Carlin

Government makes laws. Laws create privileges for some and steal inalienable rights from others in the process. Laws steal choices. They prohibit and limit choices for some people and make you obey someone else’s choices. It’s like being told where to sit on the bus. Laws make you do things you would not want to do if you were free. Was it meant to be this way? What can be more valuable than choice? What do you have when you have no choice?

We find ourselves warring against each other - - red states and blue; 'them against us'; ‘Left’ vs. ‘Right’; Republicans vs. Democrats. These forces are just about equal. Each seeks to take, keep and expand the power to impose laws on the other. Campaign finance laws not withstanding, both sides spent as if in combat.  Win at all cost! Tons of money, advertising campaigns, phone banks, promises, defections, “Get out the vote” battalions, voter registration shenanigans, vote fraud, hoards of pollsters, and armies of lawyers have become our new political reality. All of that is to get the power to make laws others must obey.

Prohibitions, limitations and mandates now rule us all. Red voters hope to impose their values on the blue and visa versa. No matter the outcome, half of the electorate will have gained more power to impose its values at the expense of the other half. Isn’t that expense becoming unbearable and unsustainable for all? Doesn't such adversarial politics cause cracks in the social contract?

• If government is “of, by and for the people”, why do so many people complain about government?
• If government is accountable to “We, the People”, why are so many dissatisfied with the results?
• How can it be both - accountable and in need of reform?
• Government does *not* work as intended.
• Why is government 'dysfunctional'? It isn't. It works as interpreted to favor some at the expense of others. Yet they call it The Common Good.
• It works badly - which explains the general discontent. That's Politics As Usual.