We live in a nation with an insane amount of laws, rendering vast amounts of citizens as unwitting lawbreakers.i e is there one citizen that comprehends the entire tax code?
The system is immensely dependent upon discretion at all-levels.
A system where all are to be treated equally under the law yet is heavily reliant on discretion is a recipe for disaster.
I believe that it was Tacitus (check me on this) who stated something similar to “the more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the nation”.
What you say is true, “too many laws”. The subject though was laws Presidents actually broke. War is murder. You don’t go to war, force Americans to die or kill on a whim. Follow the law, declare war or stay home.
At this point in my life, the ONLY reason I would follow a law or government instruction is upon fear of death or imprisonment. They simply do not have my consent to govern any longer. I don’t even buy tabs for my car. Why should anyone else comply? IMO, they are stupid, but in the best case scenario they are just good citizens.
Why do we pay taxes? We are stupid. Claim maximum deductions and don’t file. Or claim exempt. People are afraid they will be alone, that is all. America is peopled by the weak.
At one point in time, we were the best. We were the GOAT, now we are a nation of sheep.