alt Hacker NewsI mean I do actually think laws are basically useless. Good people don’t need em, bad people don’t listen to em.
I guess “bad” is excessive. I regularly observe traffic laws with less rigor the your average police officer would prefer.
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Departed7405 • last Sunday at 9:05 AM
I think you are forgetting that laws are responsible for a good chunk of what people perceive/are educated to see as good/wrong honest/dishonest.
Sure the worst atrocities are known to be bad from Religion (10 commandments, which is a law in itself) but many aren't. Speeding, drunk driving, harassment aren't concept that are obviously wrong (as in obvious to people with no guardrails).
So laws aren't useless. The fact that most people respect them actually means they have a purpose.
As you're basically saying, the world isn't black or white. There's also a category of people that needs an incentive to behave. Also, without any laws, it would be problematic to punish "the bad guys". At that point, what you can or cannot do would be only a matter of relative power: who is stronger can do whatever they want to weaker people.