Law

The law must mix purposes, shift ground, make adjustments.

At all times keep in mind this question: Whom does the law serve?

Is the law for the convenience of an owner of the herd (of humans)? Or can justification for law only be found in protecting the herd from the rulers?

The problem for rulers of how to get the people to agitate against their own interests has been found admirably in the US: especially since the Civil War, since WW I, since the Depression ...