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Re:The Amish have negotiated a pact with modernity (2018) by philwelch on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @03:24PM (#29017871)
One of the fundamental purposes of any legal system is to protect people's land and property from being taken by others.

Furthermore, allowing people to maintain their lifestyle with minimal interaction with the state is probably the best possible use of the state in the first place.

Re:The Amish have negotiated a pact with modernity (2018) by zepto on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @03:46PM (#29018193)
Agreed, and the American one at least has this in mind, broken as it may be. Not so many others.