Our " fate ", as you call it, depends , to a very large extent, upon more and more people waking up to the fact that the government isn't GOD, doesn't owe them the fulfillment of their every desire, and that Marxism ( in any form / permutation ) doesn't work. It would also help, a very great deal, if more people ( including a whole lot of FREEPERS ! ) took the time to stop demanding the impossible and worked towards the possible. :-)
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Today, while driving through my sleepy little town's main street I noticed a check-point set up for 'seatbelt' compliance, directly in front of the Post Office with an ATM across the street.
Here's where I break with the pro-govt conservative. Was this in any way a sincere attempt by local law enforcement to insure driver safety or could this have been a 'fishing' expedition? ie. running plates, driver's licenses, looking for a warrant, along with generating whatever revenues that might then have to be sent to the county for any violations.
I realize law enforcement has the power to enforce the many wonderful laws that our legislators pass re: motor vehilces, but is this warranted?
Should every holiday season be marred with gestapo-like attempts at reducing highway death tolls, forcing those who are not even suspected of a crime to enduring these types of searches?
My take is that "Buckle up for safety, buckle up" has been corrupted by something a bit more sinister.
Personally, I hate, loathe, and dispise seat belt laws ! Do I follow them ? Yes, I do ; I don't want to pay the damned fine. :-(
Seat belt laws and the now ubiquitous " check points ", are just another way fro towns & villages to make money; just like the damned " speed bumps " ! I doubt that they're used, as you assume they might be, for anything else. I'd rather they had these spot checks ( which they do here ) to check for intoxicated / stoned drivers. Getting people off the road, who are impaired, from one things or another, saves more lives than the seat belts do.
FWIW, I think that most laws ARE warrented. We may not like some of them ; however, NO society can exist , where there is an abscence of laws. Even with laws, prior to a government sponsered police force, crime was a terrible problem. I can quote you examples of this, from England and the USA; however, I don't wish to waste bandwidth and hope that you'll take my word for this.