If consent of population is assumed by the lawmakers, busybodies will run wild making numerous laws which each must be carefully refuted by individuals in the population.
"Silence is acquiescence" is a maxim of law for a reason. What makes something a maxim? Why is this one? Do some thinking. The system is working as designed.
a ret. Louisiana State Univ law prof who has also tried counting the number of new federal crimes created in recent years "That is not an exaggeration."
Agree it’s working as designed, but it’s a bad design. "There is no one in the United States over the age of 18 who cannot be indicted for some federal crime," said John Baker,
so a society where literally everyone can be indicted and dragged into the legal system at anytime is a healthy one? what side of the fence are you on?
You aren't thinking big enough. Put yourself in the shoes of would-be slave masters over entire continents or the entire planet. Having things set up that way would be ideal.