All laws are enforced at the end of a barrel of a gun
If you refuse to mow your lawn, the city fines you.
If you refuse to pay the fine, the city gets a lien on your house.
If you still refuse to pay, you will have to vacate your house.
If you refuse to leave your house, police will come to remove you.
If you do not come out, police will force their way in and pull you out.
If you do not let them pull you out, the police will kill you. (assuming you're using a weapon. If no weapon, they might just overpower you.)
Sure, most of us will mow our lawn or pay the fine. Most of us would not let it get that far.
But that is the ultimate threat. That is the ultimate threat behind every law.
I wrestle with this a lot. There are laws I want - I support the "stop killing games" movement which would require game producers to allow people to keep playing games that they own.
But when I think about the ultimate outcome - company leadership would be arrested or shot if they do not comply with the law - is that worth it?
In reality, companies will just mostly follow the law if it gets passed. And if they don't, they'll be taken to court and fined. And they'll pay the fines.
That's how most things actually go.
It fucks with my head.
I can't quite reconcile the premise of this post with the reality of what actually happens.
But compliance is required and non-compliance results in prison or death. (paying the fine is compliance)
But most laws actually are followed. So. Idunno. I've been mulling this over for months and feel no less torn.
Also I think laws about mowing are really stupid, but yes I mow my lawn.