“Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against - then you’ll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We’re after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you’d better get wise to it. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now, that’s the system, Mr. Rearden, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”
It's a bit simplistic. Guilt is the first part. Once you break the law, you can be hounded and then made an asset of. It also allows for arbitrary enforcement so that you can create political enforcement by having so many laws that it becomes impossible to enforce all of them, so you get to pick and choose.
Criminals are a dependent class towards prosecutors. This forms the basis for what becomes anarcho-tyranny.
-—Atlas Shrugged
That’s exactly how I feel when filing my taxes…
We need more republican voters to use jury nullification to refuse to convict on these vague laws.
One of the many reasons why the left hates Ayn Rand.
It's a bit simplistic. Guilt is the first part. Once you break the law, you can be hounded and then made an asset of. It also allows for arbitrary enforcement so that you can create political enforcement by having so many laws that it becomes impossible to enforce all of them, so you get to pick and choose.
Criminals are a dependent class towards prosecutors. This forms the basis for what becomes anarcho-tyranny.