We do not need to have prescriptive laws, we would be best served with a system of common, or natural law which reacts to events and responds accordingly. And if we do not require laws of this type then what purpose is served by the legislature? At most, the form of Government required (for peace) is a system of courts which can react to crimes and disputes as they occur. This would be reactive and not progressive, Socialist. What is a Government reacting to, or a reaction against? Laws often punish people who have not done anything wrong, because they are badly drawn up and executed. They (preemptive laws) are a problem.
Laws are a list of things we cannot do. What is better is if we have a list of activities which are permitted, anyone that violates this is then a criminal, inactivity is an acceptable action, inaction. We do not need to prohibit things, everything is prohibited unless it is either the defensive use of force, or mutually acceptable and voluntary. Everyone must either be nice to each other, or do nothing. The only useful use of force is defensive. Aggression is not a useful use of force.
To be useful, force must be defensive. And since it is not useful, and is not inaction, it is criminal. Trade is mutually useful. Any action that is not useful is a crime. Theft to feed a starving child may be seen as using force to remove the subject (who has done a crime of some form) from access to the food property. It might be defensive. We might ask: Is it my fault that the baby is hungry, am I its guardian?
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