Have you seen the fools that are getting elected to all levels of government? And the fools that do the electing?
That's why, for years now, I've been encouraging rational people of good will to just ignore stupid laws. You can't fall for the "obey the law, or work to change it" crap anymore - there are too many idiots responding to too many idiots pestering them, passing too many idiotic laws - you won't live long enough to make a dent that way.
Prohibition ended when prosecutors couldn't get convictions anymore - the people had had enough. We need to do that some more. A lot more.
The stupid new smoking law in WA state is a good example; I don't know anyone who gives a sh@# about it.
' That's why, for years now, I've been encouraging rational people of good will to just ignore stupid laws. '
It's interesting you should mention that. I was thinking about how laws and gov't falter just yesterday and ultimately I think what happens is when the gov't becomes "law-happy" and creates laws the common people ignore a community-gov't schizm occurs. People just simply ignore the laws they feel to be stupid, lose respect for authority, and non-gov't leaders begin to take over.
In a way it's what happened with the American Revolution and the break-up of the USSR. Flouting the Crown/Premier became common place. The people though do desire for a gov't to exist which leads to revolution.
Eventually either the gov't adopts reform or they get overthrown by people trying to codify a new order.