Simple
Today, all societies are coercive; every nation’s laws legalise coercion.
In contrast, the 3L community is a peaceful society.
When our 3L becomes the largest community, world peace will have been achieved. ‘Might makes reality’ (this does not mean that ‘might makes right’!).
The status quo is a mess. Cleaning it up will be messy. A general principle to adhere to would be to minimize disruption and suffering in the process of the clean-up.
- Applied to taxation, that means ending taxation on the poorest first.
- Applied to public infrastructure, that means transitioning to private ownership in a fair, transparent and sensible way.
Overview
The 3L Movement is endeavouring to advance the longstanding human project of increasing freedom and peace.
First we must change minds. From this follows legal change and voting power.
No centralised plan exists to achieve a free and peaceful world - each of us can do something:
- Join the Movement
- Become and Ambassador, focussing on Awareness, Belonging and/or Change.
- Live the message.
When a critical mass has been reached, low hanging fruit of changes to implement include:
- Abolishing victimless crime laws and protecting victims from pollution.
“If you’re going to do anything big, you are by definition unqualified to do it" - Jim Watson.
Changing minds first, voting comes later
- Nobody voted into existence the Enlightenment, the American Revolution or the Industrial Revolution.
- Even in cases where voting appears to achieve a significant change, this result only occurs after enough people have changed their minds on an issue.
Legal Change
As more and more people adopt the 3L Philosophy, change will inevitably occur.
- Statutory laws will change as more legislators change their political positions to maintain their elected seats or voters replace them with people who have adopted the 3L Philosophy.
- Marc Victor’s Constitutional Amendment proposition becomes closer to being ratified when such legislators are influenced by the 3L Movement’s sufficient gravity.
- As more people adopt the 3L Philosophy it will be increasingly unpopular for members of the executive branch to enforce unjust laws that punish people who do not violate the Legal Principle.
Issues that can immediately be resolved
Decriminalizing victimless acts would be an immediate win for the imprisoned victims of these unjust laws, the tax payer and the justice system. Examples include:
Imagine the impact
Think of the impact of abolishing drug prohibition laws. Think about all the ruined lives that have resulted from wrongful prosecutions against peaceful, competent adults voluntarily growing, manufacturing, transporting, selling, or possessing certain drugs which happen to be disfavored by other people. Imagine all the grief, hardship, wasted time, energy, and money that could be immediately terminated by recalibrating our laws around the Legal Principle.
Prohibitions on sexual preferences and consensual sex (including prostitution)
Gambling prohibitions between consenting adults on their private property.
People currently incarcerated solely for victimless crimes (i.e. crimes that do not violate the Legal Principle) should be immediately released.
As well as abolishing unjust laws, we should better enforce laws that do align with the Legal Principle, like protecting victims from pollution.
Political parties
- Today, no particular principle anchors either the right or the left of the political spectrum.
- In contrast, Live and Let Live envisions competing political parties all with a 3L Philosophy-dominant world-view.
- Among other differences, one party could take a reasonably narrow view of the definition of “substantial risk”, while the other could take a broader interpretation. There is no correct answer, only differing reasonable opinions on interpreting the Legal Principle.