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lawsdonotstopcrime/index.md

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 Generaly, a crime is defined like follow: *An act or omission that violates a law and is punishable by a government or legal authority*.
 
-So, essentially, a crime is punishable by the same entity that creates the rules. The people responsible for catching criminals are also employed by that entity. This means that anyone the state chooses to define as a criminal can, in effect, be labeled as such.
+So, essentially, a crime is punishable by the same entity that creates the rules. The people responsible for catching criminals are also employed by that entity.
+This means that the state can arbitrarily label anyone as a criminal.
 
 *An interesting example of this system in action is depicted in the movie Judge Dredd (1995). In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd—the most renowned Judge, endowed with police, judicial, and execution powers—is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit and must confront his ruthless counterpart.*
 
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 ## **Can law stop crime ?**
 
-Based on what we’ve discussed about laws and crimes, how can law truly prevent crime? If you consider that many laws are created by governments in ways that practically encourage people to break them—thus turning them into criminals—then stopping crime becomes impossible. And the reason is simple: laws are not always designed to prevent crime, but often to create it.
+Based on what we’ve discussed about laws and crimes, can laws truly prevent crime? If you consider that many laws are created by governments in ways that practically encourage people to break them—thus turning them into criminals—then stopping crime becomes impossible. And the reason is simple: laws are not always designed to punish crime, but more often to create criminals.
 
-Crime exists only because laws exist. Since states control the entire process—from drafting laws to enforcing them and delivering judgments—and as more and more laws restrict individual freedoms, laws are more likely to increase crime than reduce it. In fact, laws are designed to punish crime, not to prevent it.
+We must distinguish crimes as defined by state law and crimes from the point of view of natural rights. In a free society (see Popper's treatise on the subject), those are one and the same.
+In authoritarian regimes you will find many victimless crimes that are not violations of natural rights (a simple example would be the consumption of forbidden drugs).
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+Victimless crimes exists only because laws exist. Since states control the entire process—from drafting laws to enforcing them and delivering judgments—and as more and more laws restrict individual freedoms, laws are more likely to increase crime than reduce it. In fact, laws are designed to "create" crime, not to prevent or punish it.
 
 There are several examples of laws that remain in force but are not actively enforced or punished by states. This clearly shows that governments apply laws selectively, using them when it serves their interests rather than upholding them consistently or neutrally. Here are a few examples:
 
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 States have increasingly demonstrated that laws are not primarily designed to prevent crime but rather to punish those who break rules defined by the state itself. Essentially, laws and the concept of crime serve as tools for governments to control populations and restrict individual liberties. Rather than fostering justice or safety, these mechanisms often reinforce power structures and limit personal freedom.
 
-*To sum it up: laws don’t stop crime—they create it.*
+*To sum it up: laws don’t stop crime—they create it.*