You've lost me.
Is the law to protect life, liberty and property working today?
Charles Hugh Smith makes an analysis called The Hollowed Out System that shows the complete opposite .
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Well, then it sounds like I could learn something from his book. I'm not arguing for a centralized state, but I am not convinced society can hold together without rule of law. At some level society must be organized in a way that conveys to all what the rules are and the consequences for breaking them. Maybe I lack the sophistication or experience to understand the argument.
I think you're taking it too much at face value. The way I understand the quote is that all the laws in the world won't save a morally collapsing society. The morals are built from the bottom up, they cannot be enforced from the top down. Trying to enforce them through a tyrannical method will only collapse them further and faster.
If the society/government is making prudent and sound decisions for the health and long term success of the society as a whole. Individuals will be more optimistic and prudent themselves. The reverse is also true as we see ourselves. The morality will naturally be a result of those decisions. Not a fat lawbook.
That makes sense to me. And I wasn't suggesting that laws can save a collapsing society. I was thinking more about the early stages where the people have an internal moral code that is reinforced by law so that those who don't follow their internal guidance will be held accountable and hopefully correct their actions.
Forsure, and I agree. Even in the most morally sound society I think there will still be odd cases of bad individuals breaking those moral codes. I just think it's about moving the average moral code of most into unity. Anyway love your content