You sound like my husband’s long-lost beother, especially when it comes to government interference of our rights and liberties. No matter what, he just goes about his business.
My philosophy is that a good person doesn’t need laws to tell him (or her) what not to do...and no law is going to stop a bad person from doing bad acts. Most laws are, therefore, superfluous to the actual well-being of society. OTOH, if the state wants to really put the screws to a particular person, all of those laws really let them stack up the charges and destroy someone’s life.
“Did you really think we want those laws observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “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.”
— Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged