If you haven’t realised yet that the government is meddling in aspects of our lives where it has no business meddling, it’s time to WAKE UP! Here’s an example:
I don’t think many people realise it, but there is a contraband war going on in this country. It is a war which has spawned a clandestine ring of illicit and secretive dealers and buyers operating their own black economy and doing their best to steer clear of the agents of the state.
And just what are these shadowy merchants trading in? Is it narcotics? Is it guns? Is it prostitution? Gambling dens? No, it’s tomato seeds.
Yes, there are even laws telling you what varieties of vegetable seeds you can sell. To sell your vegetable seeds, you have to have them certified and registered, and it costs £1000 plus an annual renewal fee. The result is less choice for consumers and a black market in seeds.
If you want to market your variety of seeds, Guy Herbert lists three sets of regulations that you must become familiar with first, in addition to the 1964 Plant Varieties and Seeds Act. As he says, “After you’ve wasted 3 months of your life doing this is a good time to reflect: not just on the vileness of it all, but on just how many interests are there vested, how uninteresting it is to the general public, and how difficult it is to get from where we are to where we might want to be.”
Laws like this and countless like them prove that anarchy is the best option. As James Hammerton points out, it is impossible to keep up with all the laws, and there are enough of them that we can be sure we’re all breaking some of them.
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