Laws are about power not Truth or Justice.

Whose Truth?

“Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalizing animal” 
― Robert A. Heinlein

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

Truth & Justice is in the eye of the beholder. Trouble starts once that truth becomes a law and government forces it on those who see a different truth. Laws make you do things you think are false. Laws force Truths on people who don't believe.

There are only choices
... lots of them:

Religions
Philosophies
Political systems

The only truth is ... all choices have consequences. History chronicles the consequences of choices. “You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” - Ayn Rand

The US was founded on on classical liberal ideas. Liberty allows people to choose. Libertarians seek to maximize liberty. Let's begin with America's history. America was founded on the then revolutionary idea of individual liberty as codified by our Constitution, which deliberately limits the power of government (federal) ... to control (mandate, ban or limit) our choices. "Only the west codifies the idea of inherent liberties into its legal framework. Only the west (specifically the US) places individual citizen rights as equal to or greater than the policies of government." (source)

Tyranny does the opposite. It removes choices and limits liberty. This also has consequences.

"Tyranny is the midwife of poverty;
liberty, of prosperity."

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