About the time of the Magna Carta the whole concept of laws began to shift at least in the western Christian secular world. Before this time laws basically were: Laws issued by a King or Potentate. But after this time common laws i.e. laws that helped everyone became more commonly practiced by all. As time progressed it was generally recognized by all intelligent or educated people that if a law seemed useful to enough people they would obey it naturally seeing it was for the common good. Only a minority of people would not obey these kinds of laws and they would either get away with it, or be killed or maimed because of their disobedience or be incarcerated or both.
But all of this time people generally understood that laws are an agreement between all peoples and unless they benefit all peoples won't be obeyed. Now we have agreements made like NAFTA and GATT and others that no representatives consulted the people about. These are called trade agreements but they might not benefit any common people only large businesses and corporations. So unless you are a world class business or own stocks that span the globe you will not benefit from these agreements in any way, shape or form. That is the sad truth about international laws surrounding the World Trade Organization and the world elite that make these decisions. So, when people are not represented, "No taxation without representation" then people more and more will not obey these kinds of laws and they will protest in any way they can worldwide when their livelihoods are being directly destroyed by these types of agreements.
It appears more and more that the world is becoming divided into two classes of people. Some would say it is the rich and the poor. I would say it is more difficult than that. I think it is being divided into the financially educated and those not financially educated. What this means in real terms is that those financially educated know enough to never get a subprime loan, know that it is always better to pay cash for something than charge it, and know that money in the bank is for investing once one gets more than $3000 in any savings account and know that a home, unless it is completely paid for is a liability and not an asset. In fact, it is in the same state as owning a car and paying on time if the car is not completely paid for.
When people are programmed by advertising to charge everything and continue to go into debt their whole lives, the tendency is to work yourself to death and never own anything. By devising a way to pay cash for everything in your life, you might not have as much stuff in the beginning but in the end you will be much happier than to live as a slave to your debts until you die.
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