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

No matter how the rules are made, or by whom, what matters is ‘acceptance’ of those rules. Do enough people support the rules to maintain social stability … or not? Do the governed accept the rules? Or does a ‘gap’ form between government and the governed?  "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.

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