Law

Ever since the first presence of civilization, laws were erected to control the people.

A lot of people may not realize this, but there are actually two types of law.

One is 'laws of moral' that are meant to be kept at all cost (eg laws against murder, robbery, rape, violence, harming of others). Another is 'laws of selfishness' erected to best protect the interest of the authorities while pushing the people around (eg high taxes, no freedom of speech, political imprisonment).

A lot of people tend to associate a law-abiding person as a 'good' person. But truthfully, being morally right has nothing to do with abiding to certain 'selfish laws'. Let's take the virtue "justice" for instance.

Justice and law are 2 very different thing. Justice is about doing the right thing, while law is simply a set of rules established by an authority, no matter being just or not.

Most of the time, people do not break the law because of the fear to suffer the consequences. It's not as if they genuinely want to be good people, but rather, do not want to risk getting caught and facing the music.

What I personally feel is that when the law is unfair or wrong, it should be challenged and pulled down at all cost, even at one's own life. But likewise, if the law is just and righteous, then it must be kept and protected.