The Law Is Just Another Drug

I am not sure how this idea that government is good gained acceptance. Perhaps it takes the occasional charismatic demagogue with a mysterious skill of persuasion to cause that portion of our flock with little capacity of deductive reason to plunge over the cliff's edge with wild abandon. However such unfortunate things happen there is always the point where those who jumped wish they hadn't because one's life is much worse when, after the exhilaration of the fall, one hits bottom. Government is not good. Government is Force, government is Law. Law is similar to a drug, Drugs are Bad. The doctor prescribes a drug to the patient knowing the drug is bad but the alternative is worse. A drug does not discriminate, it might cure one's ailment but injure one's body at the same time. The law is much the same, it might address some problem but it causes harm to liberty or freedom. A good doctor will only prescribe a drug when there is no other option and the alternative is worse. There was a time we viewed the law in like manner to a drug and only turned to it as last resort. We now turn to the drug of law as our preferred first choice option in matters much better handled without without law and seem oblivious to the fact we are killing the patient. cjpost