“Did you really think we want those laws observed? We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against... We’re after power and we mean 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 or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt.
“Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”
—-Dr. Floyd Ferris (ATLAS SHRUGGED, Ayn Rand, 1957)
LOL, thanks for posting that. As I read the article, it was the first thing that sprang to mind.
The laws are exactly the way those who control them, want them. The most important of all "lessons" for "the people" to learn is that the world they see around them is not an accident - it is a deliberate, conscious creation that is carefully maintained and directed.
And the biggest creation of all, is the illusion that it is random.