[heye2monn]

The class libertarian argument. Laws don’t work. People are going to do stuff anyway. So let’s get rid of the laws and get high.

But laws, while imperfect, do work. People might still do bad stuff, but they do much less of it. They fear the physical penalties (jail). Or more importantly, they fear the moral sanctions — the disapproval of law-abiding friends, parents, media and church.

[Jonty30]

Suppose we do what we do to prevent drug use and apply that to divorce. From herein,if anybody divorces, they will be sentenced to five years imprisonment. If there are too many divorces still, then we will keep amping up the punishment, until we achieve a national goal of zero divorces, including up until the death penalty.

Do you believe that we will achieve our goal of zero divorces, or do you think people will simply,become much more clever about murder?

[JustSayNoToNannies]

But laws, while imperfect, do work. People might still do bad stuff, but they do much less of it.

Laws against consensual "crimes" work drastically less well than laws against real crimes that violate actual rights; the FBI reports that two-thirds of murders get solved, whereas the proportion of drug "crimes" that are even made known to law enforcement is assuredly several orders of magnitude lower/