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Originally Posted by
The Human Car
BF is pretty cool. I started this thread to be a logic puzzle not a personality bashing contest. So maybe if I was more focused in my question.
So does Government (group #1) creating laws to subjugate citizens (group #2) mean that laws are inherently bad for citizens (group #2)?
So what do you think, yes, no? Can you explain your answer?
No, and no, with the following qualification: No group can vote themselves into tyranny faster than scared free citizens
Another aspect is that a law voted in for perfectly valid reasons can have unintended consequences, unforeseen because of a faulty cause/effect analysis.
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