BREAKING: 3 killed at Maryland mall

[mindwalker_i]

80. By following the law

You are perpetuating a system where the powerful DON'T follow the law and nothing is done - nothing is expected to be done. By your actions, you are stating that the situation is okay. When the bank forecloses on you without proper documentation or possibly without even owning your loan, and the police enforce the foreclosure, you have tacitly given your approval. When the NSA spies on you, you have given your approval. By following the law, you are perpetuating a system and helping it to work.

The alternative is to not follow the law and to reject the system. If many people do this, things will become unpleasant, but that is precisely what NEEDS TO HAPPEN! The statement needs to be made that either everyone follows the rules we have, or no-one does. It'll be unpleasant, and we, as a society, can either fix it or this country can go the way of so many other countries - they get destroyed and a new country is born.

If a company follows the law, they won't make as much profit as other companies and their shareholders have a legitimate claim that the company isn't maximizing their profits. The TPP effectively codifies this: if laws get in the way of profits, then those laws can be nullified. If the laws were put in place to prevent companies from killing you, possibly by poising your water, or by making you work 20 hours a day (without overtime or vacation - those also get in the way of profits), then you lose. Your life is second to the money a company makes.

Granted, I'm also guilty of perpetuating this system. I don't have the inclination to spend the time to figure out how to win at this system and avoid punishment, and by my laziness I'm, in effect, screwing myself.