That's a typical sentiment in uncivilized, low trust societies.
Western societies ran smoothly because they had a social consensus to play by the rules for the benefit of everyone. Unfortunately that made us naive when it comes to outside parasites who see these rules as a way to get ahead at the expense of society as a whole.
Let's also not forget how the obsessive rule-following of some European peoples, no offense, has been weaponized against them, by making rules that are not to the benefit of the people and society as a whole, but to their detriment instead.
That's a typical sentiment in uncivilized, low trust societies.
Western societies ran smoothly because they had a social consensus to play by the rules for the benefit of everyone. Unfortunately that made us naive when it comes to outside parasites who see these rules as a way to get ahead at the expense of society as a whole.
Let's also not forget how the obsessive rule-following of some European peoples, no offense, has been weaponized against them, by making rules that are not to the benefit of the people and society as a whole, but to their detriment instead.