There has to be some basis for people claiming that the laws of the land do not apply to them, but for the life of me, I can’t begin to understand it.
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It’s basically political nihilism/anarchism that ignores the fact that governments rule through a monopoly on violence.
A nihilist/anarchist might say that no government has the right to rule over individuals, and that forcing someone to conform using the threat of imprisonment, forcibly seizing personal property, or using direct violence conflicts directly with ideas of free will and self determination.
But a nihilist/anarchist is generally forced to acknowledge that a lack of moral/ethical right of a government to rule over citizens doesn’t change the de facto situation. The government rules because they can use violence to enforce that rule, and your moral/ethical take on the subject doesn’t change that.
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