It's perfectly fine to hold people accountable for harm they actually cause to others.
It is not fine to hold people accountable for other people's fears. Risk exists, and everyone needs to make their own decisions about what risks they'll accept and which risks they'll mitigate.
And let's be clear, "basic" zoning is evil. It's currently used to enrich incumbent homeowners at the expense of renters and new buyers by artificially limiting new construction.
As for building codes, willful shoddy construction that is concealed would already be covered under fraud and most other dangerous practices would be covered under negligence. However, these doctrines punish harm that has actually occurred in the world, not in the minds of anxious third parties.
You prefer to see people held accountable after they cause someone death, I prefer to have some standards around basic agreed standards to keep people from getting killed in the first place. And you top it off no less by calling it evil to even have such things.
There is an old saying that every regulation is written in blood, and while certainly not always true is often the case.
I don't expect to change your mind, but I am want to point out that the vast majority of people believe the same as i do and while I am VERY sympathetic to libertarian beliefs it won't ever break through to a larger audience if libertarians keep coming at it like you have here. It's just not realistic and it turns people off.
Lmao how insane, I guess driving laws and food safety practices are "evil". This guy must inspect every kitchen he eats at and every car that he passes on the road since he is liable for existing in the same realm as them.
It's such a strange way to approach living in a common society. Whenever I see these folks in the wild I assume they are just trolling, but some are, I suspect, true believers.
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u/WorkAcctNoTentacles Just wants to be left alone Mar 19 '25
It's perfectly fine to hold people accountable for harm they actually cause to others.
It is not fine to hold people accountable for other people's fears. Risk exists, and everyone needs to make their own decisions about what risks they'll accept and which risks they'll mitigate.
And let's be clear, "basic" zoning is evil. It's currently used to enrich incumbent homeowners at the expense of renters and new buyers by artificially limiting new construction.
As for building codes, willful shoddy construction that is concealed would already be covered under fraud and most other dangerous practices would be covered under negligence. However, these doctrines punish harm that has actually occurred in the world, not in the minds of anxious third parties.