It's only intellectually incoherent from the perspective we hold, on the outside of the bureaucracy. From within, either cognitive biases fill the gap, or there is information which, true or not, fills the gap.
I'm not sure which is scarier, as I find myself often wondering whether our governments are barking mad, or know something we do not - or are just deluded by bog standard cognitive dissonance.
Either way, the problem you describe extends far beyond prohibition, and drives much of the world's woes.
Not so obvious. A lot of the reason power has aggregated in the federal government here in the U.S. is because smaller governmental entities are incapable of addressing "race to the bottom" problems. Whether you're talking about gun control, environmental protection, welfare, health insurance, etc, it's hard to effectuate those laws if they can be easily subverted by moving 100 miles away.
So you're against people having more choice of where to live, and abandoning where they live if they deem fit, because it makes it hard to have effective laws in a country if people can easily move out?
You thirst for power is incredible. If people are moving 100 miles away from a country you think it's great to live in, then why do you care so much?
I will never understand this urge to rule over other people.
It is obvious but completely ignores my question. As an aside, I can't think of many governments that would willingly divest themselves of access to tax revenue/citizens.
I'm not sure which is scarier, as I find myself often wondering whether our governments are barking mad, or know something we do not - or are just deluded by bog standard cognitive dissonance.
Either way, the problem you describe extends far beyond prohibition, and drives much of the world's woes.