Hm. Good point, and we know that tyrants will use language in any way that suits them. This is why I am ultimately an abolitionist in regards forcible government; there really is no way to prevent misuse of Power (the "legal" use of initiated coercion against non-aggressors) other than to stop tolerating it. Everything government touches turns to shit.
limit the rights of the government.
Consider how very small and strongly limited our government here in the US was at the start, and then consider the monster it's grown into in just a few generations. Limited government is always better than open-ended tyranny but it doesn't last long.
I see the Maine law as likely beneficial for now but you are right: like almost every law the government gives itself, this one can be used against the people.
Hm. Good point, and we know that tyrants will use language in any way that suits them. This is why I am ultimately an abolitionist in regards forcible government; there really is no way to prevent misuse of Power (the "legal" use of initiated coercion against non-aggressors) other than to stop tolerating it. Everything government touches turns to shit.
Consider how very small and strongly limited our government here in the US was at the start, and then consider the monster it's grown into in just a few generations. Limited government is always better than open-ended tyranny but it doesn't last long.
I see the Maine law as likely beneficial for now but you are right: like almost every law the government gives itself, this one can be used against the people.