In order to maintain social order, society may often attempt to suppress individual’s freedoms. The tactic of oppression to create stability is a tactic that has been used throughout history; from the Puritan Salem to the modern United States of America.
The Puritans of Salem, Massachusetts immediately set up a government and society where discipline, respect, community, and God were the way of society. The Puritans loved tranquility and modesty, and the only way to have this stability in their society was to have laws. The Puritans created laws of every kind but all of the laws had a common parent, the