If you abandon the social contract by being hateful or violent to others, you are no longer protected by it.
Pretty much the oldest rule of society and the first one established.
Outlaws are romanticized, but back in the day it was being such a shithead that you no longer had any protection under law.
Someone could rob, beat, and kill you in front of the sheriff and the mayor and nobody would do anything.
If you were going to ignore the rights of others, you would have zero rights. They turned to life’s of banditry in the wilderness because that was the only option. But most often they’d starve or be killed first.
Pretty much the oldest rule of society and the first one established.
Outlaws are romanticized, but back in the day it was being such a shithead that you no longer had any protection under law.
Someone could rob, beat, and kill you in front of the sheriff and the mayor and nobody would do anything.
If you were going to ignore the rights of others, you would have zero rights. They turned to life’s of banditry in the wilderness because that was the only option. But most often they’d starve or be killed first.