&gt; <i>And we have a name for contractual agreements with everyone in a society. We call them &quot;laws&quot;.</i><p>Except that no one asked us if we agreed. Without mutual agreement, there is no contract. In reality, laws are commands that we&#x27;re punished for disobeying.<p>Tell me, what&#x27;s the practical difference between getting punished for disobeying a King&#x27;s or Emperor&#x27;s law, and getting punished for disobeying a law written by politicians or bureaucrats somewhere?<p>Then there&#x27;s the problem that governments don&#x27;t actually adhere to their own laws anyway. NSA&#x27;s surveillance is unconstitutional. That&#x27;s not a problem for <i>them</i>, but if you disobey laws, you <i>will</i> be punished one way or another.<p>Who do you think you&#x27;re kidding?