Your business is licensed by the State, and there are laws that govern how you conduct that business.
Those laws do not apply to your behavior as an individual, but then again, you need no licensing to be an individual.
Would the world be a better place if we all generally lived and let live?
Absolutely.
Then again, "our side" is not good at that either.
I do sometimes ponder that. Obama wasn't lying (for once) when he did the famous "you didn't build that" statement.
I built my business from scratch to the dizzying heights of 5 employees and steady, though rarely spectacularly profitable work coming in. Look at it - I am proud of it.
Then I look at the filing cabinets. There are 4 in the office. One holds 10 years worth of contracts, invoices, cheque stubs, letters from happy clients, two court cases from unhappy clients. The other three hold inspection reports, incident reports, mandatory paperwork, local council inspections, customs and excise investigations, 17 police reports, tax assessments, VAT paperwork, health and safety guidelines, food hygiene certificates (we don't even sell food), export licences, import licences, the list goes on and on.
I sort of wonder who's business it is.