Low Information Voter on Nostr: Thats certainly one approach, but I feel people greatly underestimate how much ...

Thats certainly one approach, but I feel people greatly underestimate how much large-scale criminality depends on the State for collection.

I think local courts (howsoever constituted) should apply the Common Law maxim "ex turpi causa non oritur actio" (from a disgraceful cause no legal action shall arise") and reject plaintiffs seeking to recover debts owed for gambling, usury or fractional reserve lending.

This wouldn't abolish such vices, of course, but it would render such businesses small, clandestine and unpopular.