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RE: Statism's made-up concepts, words, and delusions
I like your post, but can you elaborate on this statement?
You can't remain ethical and be "law abiding". It's simply not possible.
How does not breaking the speed limit and paying your taxes (for an example) make a person unethical.
I understand that it would be unethical to follow a law that was itself unethical.
If those "laws" were the only ones, they wouldn't necessarily make a person unethical... although "taxes" are a little iffy in that regard. It is certainly ethical to avoid paying "taxes", just like it is ethical to hide money in your shoe and not volunteer to hand it to a mugger. That stolen money, "taxation", finances a lot of really unethical things, and I realize most people pay to avoid being molested by government employees (also financed by that stolen money), but your conscience would be more clear, in an ethical sense, if you didn't contribute toward those things. Or, if you contributed only what you were forced to, and hid the rest. Starve the Beast.
"Laws" demand that you report "crimes" you see occur. When those "crimes" aren't wrong acts (which would be the case with almost every "crime" you witness, unless you are really unlucky), if you obey the "law" and report them, you aren't being ethical. You are helping the State violate an innocent person.
But the main point is that it is impossible for anyone to be completely "law abiding", and that is why being ethical should be your focus instead. Do the right thing and don't worry about the "law" too much.