“Power has been snatched from ordinary people by an ever-growing tangle of rules. We need to reclaim it.”

⚖️ Here's why we need fewer laws, according to barrister and author David Renton 👇

🗣️ “You might be wondering why a left-wing lawyer would call for fewer laws. Isn’t it the Right that argues for shrinking the state? Isn’t it the case that every popular movement in history has gone into battle with the state?”

💬 Let's start with a question

When was the last time you read your insurance policies?

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Having too much law makes it harder for everyone to understand the rules that hold society together.

14,000 pages of new legislation are added to the statute book every year – twice as much as 40 years ago

🗣️ “Our reliance on law teaches people that change must come through the work of others: it is the task of lawyers fighting courtroom battles, rather than of the people themselves. And it makes us reliant on a system that is often stacked against us”

But there are some alternatives 👇

“By thinking beyond the law, we can build the social movements necessary to defend ourselves as we enter a period of economic and environmental crisis.”

📰 Read the full article by David Renton
opendemocracy.net/en/why-the-law…