Reading Between The Bars ~Outer Limits~ 26 March 2016

Liberty means responsibility which is why most dread it. If society is determined by popular majority, why are we constrained to obey laws we don’t understand and never approved of? Some might say that such talk will lead us to anarchy, but lawlessness is everywhere. Governments break the law all the time, as do corporations, police, judges, politicians, priests etc. The problem is selective enforcement. It would take a brigade of lawyers several weeks to determine if you are a criminal or not; to discover if you are in violation of one out of the skillions of statutes currently on the books. If what we consider that the law is largely arbitrary, selectively enforced, and frequently hacked, what then, is freedom? If we’re really free, why can’t we do anything without money? For many crushed beneath the Prison Industrial Complex, getting arrested is less expensive than a law degree. They are the Jailhouse Lawyers for whom the pen is mightier than a lock in a sock.